THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                      June 14, 1996



     PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES VALERIE J. BRADLEY CHAIR AND MEMBER OF 
	    THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON MENTAL RETARDATION


     The President today announced his intent to appoint Valerie J.
Bradley as chair and member of the President's Committee on Mental
Retardation.

     Valerie J. Bradley of Cambridge, Massachusetts is president of the
Human Services Research Institute in Cambridge, a non-profit
organization that for 20 years has carried out major policy analyses and
research studies in the areas of mental retardation, developmental
disabilities and mental health.  Previously, Ms. Bradley served as a
research analyst in the California Legislature.  Ms. Bradley has served
on the board of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
and was also president of AAMR's Legal Process Division.  She has
written widely in the area of program reform for people with mental
retardation and has a particular interest in the areas of family support
and quality assurance.  Ms. Bradley earned a B.A. from Occidental
College in 1965 and an M.A. from Rutgers University in 1966.

     The President's Committee on Mental Retardation provides such
advice and assistance in the area of mental retardation as the President
or Secretary of Health and Human Services may request, and makes annual
reports to the President concerning mental retardation.









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