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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release September 5, 2000

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES FREDERICK SLABACH TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF

THE HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

The President announced today his intent to nominate Frederick Slabach to the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Foundation.

Mr. Frederick G. Slabach, of Long Beach, California, is currently Interim Dean of Whittier Law School, where he is also an Associate Professor of Law. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations and Counsel to the Secretary of Agriculture and served as Legislative Cousel to former Senator John C. Stennis. Mr. Slabach was a Harry S. Truman Scholar when he was an undergraduate.

Mr. Slabach received a B.A. degree from Mississippi College, a J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and a L.L.M. from Columbia University School of Law.

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation is a bipartisan foundation, which awards scholarships to persons who demonstrate outstanding potential and who plan to pursue a career in public service.

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