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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release January 12, 2001

         PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ARTHUR CHAPA AS MEMBER OF THE
                U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS

     President Clinton today announced his intent to appoint Arthur

Chapa as a member of the U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors.

Mr. Arthur Chapa, of Tucson, Arizona, is an attorney with general law practice 1981. Throughout the past 20 years, Mr. Chapa has practiced law in the following areas: governmental affairs, municipal law, Indian law and business law. Prior to 1981, he spent eight years in the Pentagon as a Military Historian with the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an Executive Intern, and a Foreign Affairs Specialist with the office of the Secretary of Defense.

Mr. Chapa received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arizona, a M.A. in History and Social Science from New Mexico Highlands University and a J.D. from George Washington University Law Center.

The U. S. Military Academy Board of Visitors annually visits the Academy and conducts inquiries regarding the morale and discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods, and other matters relating to the Academy.

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