THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                       June 4, 1996


     PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE 
	  UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES


     President Clinton announced today his intent to nominate Everett
Alvarez, Jr. of Rockville, Maryland, to be re-appointed to the Board of
Regents for the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences.

     Everett Alvarez, a distinguished Naval officer and government
executive, is best known to the public as the first American aviator
shot down over Vietnam.  He was taken prisoner of the war on August 5,
1964 and held in North Vietnam for eight and one-half years until the
general release of prisoners on February 12, 1973.

     Mr. Alvarez earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering,
a Master's Degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis, and a
Juris Doctorate Degree.  He currently serves as the Chair of the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.  He has his own
consulting firm, CONWAL Incorporated.  Previously, he was Vice President
for Government Services with the Hospital Corporation of America, the
Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration, the Deputy Director
of the Peace Corps, and a program manager with the Naval Air Systems
Command.

     The Board of Regents serves as an advisor to the Secretary of
Defense through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in
operations and policy guidance of the Uniformed Services University of
Health Sciences.


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