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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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THE WHITE HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS
or
1981-82 White House Fellows (left to right):
Priscilla Douglas, Ellen Heineman, Mary Anne
Wood, Thomas Shull, James Stewart, Myron
Ullman, Michael Zacharia, Joe Barton, Richard
Birney. Dale Collins, Patrick Sweeney, Marty
Johnson-Evans, Deputy Director: Paul Apple-
garth. David Karnes, James Roberts, Direc-
tor: George Thomas.
THE WHITE cum ПФДЦР HOUSE MACNANIMITATIS LOWS
VISO
est.
1964
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the White House Fellowship program is to provide gifted and highly motivated
young Americans with some firsthand experience in the process of governing the Nation and a
sense of personal involvement in the leadership of the society.
The program seeks to draw exceptionally promising young people from all sectors of our national
life-the professions, business, government, the arts, and the academic world. It is essential to the
healthy functioning of our system that we have in the nongovernmental sector a generous supply
of leaders who have an understanding-gained at firsthand-of the problems of national govern-
ment. In a day when the individual feels increasingly remote from the centers of power and decision-
making, such leaders can help their fellow citizens comprehend the process by which the Nation
is governed.
In this country today, we produce great numbers of skilled professionals; but too few of this intel-
lectual elite provide the society with statesmanlike leadership and guidance in public affairs. If the
sparsely settled American colonies of the late 18th century could produce Washington, Jefferson,
Adams, Monroe, Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, and others of superlative talent, breadth, and
statesmanship, should we not be able to produce, in this generation, ten times that number? We
are not doing SO.
Surely the raw material is still there; and just as surely more must be done in the development of our
ablest young people to inspire and facilitate the emergence of such leaders and statesmen. Their
horizons and experience must be broadened to give them a sense of personal involvement in the
leadership of the society, a vision of greatness for the society, and a sense of responsibility for bring-
ing that greatness to reality.
The White House Fellowship program is designed to give superbly qualified young Americans pre-
cisely those experiences.
-Adopted by the President's Commission on
White House Fellowships, 1965
WASHINGTON
June 23, 1981
The White House Fellowships program provides a
unique opportunity for a select group of out-
standing young leaders to work at the highest
levels of the Federal government.
Some 300 of the nation's finest young people
have participated in this program since its
founding in 1964. They have been valuable
assets to the senior officials to whom they
have been assigned and they have enriched
American society and their local communities
with the insights they have gained during
their Fellowship year.
The White House Fellowships challenge those
chosen to measure up to high standards of
character, performance and service to society.
I take pride in my personal involvement in this
program and it has my enthusiastic support.
Ronald Reagan
The President's Commission on
Sammy Lee
White House Fellowships
Medical Doctor
Olympic Gold Medalist
Chairman
James T. Lynn
Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale (USN-Ret.)
Attorney
Senior Research Fellow
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Former Director of OMB
Stanford University
Dana G. Mead
Vice President for Human Resources
Dennis L. Bark
General Andrew Jackson Goodpaster
International Paper Company
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow
(USA-Ret.)
Rita Moreno
The Hoover Institution
Former Superintendent
Stanford University
Actress, Broadway/TV Star
U.S. Military Academy, West Point
James E. Bostic, Jr.
Edith Green
Roger B. Porter
Division President
Former U.S. Congresswoman
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Policy Development
Riegel Ventures, Inc.
Michel T. Halbouty
The White House
Bruce L. Bower
Geoscientist and Engineer
Martha Peterson
Attorney at Law
Bruce H. Hasenkamp
President Emeritus
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Winston and Strawn
Director of Governmental and Industrial
Beloit College
Relations
Marva Nettles Collins
The Shaklee Corporation
Nancy Clark Reynolds
Founder and Teacher
Vice President
Westside Preparatory, Chicago
Susan C. Herter
Bendix Corporation
Founder and Former President
Mrs. William French Smith
Midge Decter
Volunteer Opportunities, Inc. (NY)
Officer and Member of numerous
Executive Director
Ricardo Hinojosa
volunteer organizations
Committee for the Free World
Attorney
Deanell Reece Tacha
Evers & Toothaker
Ada E. Deer
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Lecturer, Native American Studies
Author E. Hughes
University of Kansas
University of Wisconsin
President
Shannon J. Wall
University of San Diego
President
Donald J. Devine
E. Pendelton James
National Maritime Union
Director
Assistant to the President for
Office of Personnel Management
Margaret Bush Wilson
Presidential Personnel
The White House
Attorney
Edwin J. Feulner
Chairman of the Board, NAACP
President
William J. Kilberg
Heritage Foundation
Attorney
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
James C. Roberts
Fred F. Fielding
Irving Kristol
Director
Counsel to the President
Co-Editor
President's Commission on White House
The White House
The Public Interest
Fellowships
The
White House
Fellowships
2
President Johnson
meets with two
White House Fel-
lows in the Oval
Office.
Declaring that "a genuinely free society
Johnson initiated the program. Many offi-
cannot be a spectator society," President
cials of past administrations serve as Re-
Lyndon B. Johnson announced the estab-
ional Panelists during the selection process.
lishment of the White House Fellowships
The Fellows themselves, even after their
program in the East Room of the White
year in Washington, continue to contribute
House in October, 1964. Prompted by the
to the program. The extensive education
suggestion of John W. Gardner, then Presi-
program in which the Fellows participate
denti of the Carnegie Corporation, Presi-
dent Johnson's intent was to draw indi-
is supported financially by the White House
Fellows Foundation, which receives contri-
viduals of exceptionally high promise to
butions from former Fellows, corporations,
Washington for one year of personal in-
and foundations. The White House Fellows
volvement in the process of government.
Association, whose members are former
Since that time, Presidents Nixon, Ford,
Fellows, also meets annually to be briefed
Carter and Reagan have continued the en-
on the issues by the leaders of the current
thusiastic support with which President
Administration.
Asians, American Indians and the physically disabled. Several
Fellows were foreign born but were citizens by the time they
were selected. The group as a whole represents a wide variety
of religious and ethnic subgroupings and ideologies. Strong Re-
publicans have served in Democratic administrations and vice
versa. Partisan politics play no role in the selection process.
President Ford meets with several Fellows (left).
Who Are The
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White House Fellows?
The nearly 300 persons who have been chosen as White House
Fellows are a diverse group representing the many occupational,
geographic, racial, and ethnic elements of our heterogeneous
society. There is a strong desire on the part of the Commission
to have all segments represented-not necessarily in one year,
but over the years of operation of the program.
In the eighteen classes of Fellows there have been lawyers, phy-
sicians, academics, businessmen and women, engineers, career
military officers, journalists, farmers, policemen, an orchestra
conductor, former state legislators-each of them early in their
President Nixon greets White House Fellow Rodney Coleman.
careers. All have shown a potential for contributing to their com-
munity-geographic or professional. This potential for leadership
and contribution to one's community is a vital element in the
Commission's selection. Nearly all have had a college degree and
many have professional or graduate training. Such training is
not, however, a prerequisite.
The Commission is proud of its outreach efforts which have re-
sulted in significant participation by women, blacks, Hispanics,
President Carter meets with Fellows in the Rose
(
President Reagan greets Admiral James B. Stockdale, Chairman of the
Commission, at the White House.
The Fellows have been assigned in all of the Cabinet-level agen-
cies, with Presidential assistants and the Vice President. Addi-
tionally, Fellows have served in other major Federal agencies
and offices including the Office of Management and Budget, the
National Security Council, the United Nations with our Ambas-
sador, the Office of the United States Trade Representative,
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the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ACTION
and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Fellowship Program
A Dual Experience
The White House Fellowship is a highly competitive opportunity
to participate in and learn about the Federal Government from a
unique perspective. For one year, the 14-20 persons who are
chosen as White House Fellows are full-time Schedule A employ-
ees of the Federal Government, working in a Cabinet-level agen-
cy, in the Executive Office of the President, or with the Vice Presi-
dent. Rather than fit the Fellows to their pre-Fellowship special-
ties, the program aims at utilizing their abilities and developing
their skills in the broadest sense possible. In most cases, a Fellow
serves as a special assistant, performing tasks for a Cabinet Sec-
retary, the Vice President, an assistant to the President or for
appropriate under or deputy secretaries. In this sense, the White
House Fellow's year is a high-level internship in government-but
5
it is also much more.
The White House Fellowship program is not a direct Federal
recruitment program and is not designed to attract people into
the Federal service in the immediate sense. It is a sabbatical or
leave of absence without salary from the individual's school or
firm. Some Fellows have stayed on for a short while after their
Fellowship year and some returned to government (state, local,
White House Fellow Mary Anne Wood at work with her principal, Secretary of
or Federal) in later years. Most Fellows, however, return to
Defense Caspar Weinberger.
their geographic, or at least their professional, communities
where they can share their new knowledge and contribute to
society more ably and productively through a fuller understand-
The Work Experience
ing of the Federal Government. The program is an opportunity
for intensive service with the goal of improving each partici-
Each White House Fellow is assigned-typically as a "special
pant's ability to serve more fully for years to come.
assistant"- a Cabinet secretary, the head of an independent
agency of the Executive Branch, a senior member of the Presi-
dent's staff, or the Vice President.
The assignment provides the Fellow the opportunity to observe
closely the process of public policy development and to come
away with a sense of having participated in the governmental
process as well as having made an actual contribution to the busi-
Though they operate on a high level, the work done by the Fel-
ness of government.
lows is not always glamorous. Sometimes it is frustrating or ped-
estrian, and there are times when it becomes routine. The experi-
Although White House Fellows will probably draw on their specif-
ence of most Fellows contains a mixture of significant involve-
ic prior training, education and experience, they should not ex-
ment in major and minor government issues and routine tasks
pect to continue doing the type of work they had been doing be-
that help make a Federal official's office run smoothly.
fore entering the program. A Fellow with a background in state
and local politics, for example, may work extensively on imple-
It is difficult to generalize about the assignments of White House
menting Federal laws substantially altering the Civil Service Sys-
Fellows. One can say, however, that the tasks demand flexibility,
tem; an attorney may spend a large part of the year in consumer
a capacity for learning quickly and a willingness to work hard.
affairs programs related to food; a physician may take the lead in
These are usually the very qualities that have already made the
establishing a pilot exchange program with a foreign government.
Fellows promising leaders in their own career fields.
The program's aims are to tap the resources of the Fellows and to
develop their abilities in the broadest sense, rather than fitting the
Fellows into assignments directly related to their pre-Fellowship
specialties.
The actual nature of one's assignment varies with the particular
talents and interests of the Fellow, and depends greatly on what
needs to be done. The experience and role of an individual Fellow
6
depend to a substantial degree on the personal relationship he or
she forms with a specific Cabinet-level officer and his or her regu-
lar staff, on how hard and successfully the Fellow applies him- or
herself to whatever tasks are assigned or become available, and
on the Fellow's individual initiative in developing relationships and
initiating worthwhile projects.
By the end of the year, however, most Fellows will have written
speeches, attended conferences, supervised staff work, reviewed
or helped draft proposed legislation, answered Congressional in-
quiries, chaired meetings, drafted reports, conducted briefings,
and spearheaded one or more projects.
Some Fellows will have dealt with the whole range of policy mat-
ters faced by their respective officials, while others will have be-
come deeply involved in just a few select issues. Throughout the
year emphasis is placed on linking theory and practice, analysis
and action.
White House Fellow David Karnes with his principal, Samuel Pierce. Secretary
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Educational Program
signed to provide the Fellow with a comprehensive understand-
ing of exceedingly complex national issues.
The educational program is a distinguishing feature of the White
House Fellowship. The Fellows participate as a class in a series of
During the 1981-82 fellowship year, for example, one of the
off-the-record meetings, usually held two or three times a week
areas the Fellows explored in depth was the criminal justice
throughout the Fellowhip year, with prominent representatives
system at both the federal and local levels. Through their dis-
from both the public and private sectors.
cussions with the Attorney General, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investi-
The meetings in the Washington area are supplemented with OC-
gation, the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service and the
casional travel to experience, observe, and examine firsthand
Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Fellows gained
major issues confronting our society. In addition to the domestic
an understanding of national policy development and enforce-
focus, Fellows have in some years examined international affairs
ment issues in the criminal justice system. The group studied
and U.S. foreign policy, and developed an understanding of the
the same theme from other perspectives in their meetings with
philosophies and points of view of other governments through
the President of the Police Foundation, New York Mayor Koch's
overseas travels.
Coordinator for Criminal Justice and through their participa-
The educational program is typically developed around several
tion in nighttime patrols with District of Columbia police officers.
broad themes reflecting the interests of the fellowship class and
As another theme, the 1981-82 educational program addressed
topical policy issues facing the nation as a whole. This thematic
Congressional/Executive relations in which Fellows met with a
approach to the educational component of the fellowship is de-
wide variety of Administration policy makers, Senators and
Congressmen from both sides of the aisle, academic observers
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Fellows are briefed during a visit to Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Site.
Sol M. Linowitz, former U.S. Ambassador to the Middle East Autonomy
Negotiations, discusses a point with a White House Fellow.
of the lawmaking process, leading journalists covering the
Becoming a Fellow
White House and Capitol Hill, representatives of public interest
groups and Washington lobbyists.
U.S. citizens are eligible to apply during early and formative years
The educational program is supported by private funds contrib-
of their career or profession. There are no basic educational
uted to the White House Fellows' Foundation. Contributions
requirements and no special career professional categories.
have come from corporations, foundations and numerous indi-
Employees of the Federal Government are not eligible, with the
viduals who share a common commitment to the worth of the
exception of career military personnel of the Armed Services
program's objectives and an appreciation for its record of success.
(Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard). There
are no restrictions as to specific age, sex, race, creed, or national
origin, nor any physical requirements. One may not retain an
official local or state office while serving as a Fellow.
The application to the program is designed to elicit information
about the individual's demonstrated performance in his or her
chosen career or profession and the parallel kinds of community
service and activity which indicate the applicant's degree of com-
munity involvement and commitment. It is a thorough request
for information and is designed not to exclude persons but rather
to bring out the talents and interests of the applicant.
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Home of the President's Commission on White House
William F. Buckley, Jr., autographs his new book during a meeting in New York
Fellowships on Lafayette Square.
with the Fellows.
Completed applications are processed by the Commission staff
The qualities which are being sought at each stage are high levels
and screened initially by Office of Personnel Management read-
of achievement early in one's chosen career or profession, a
ers and former Fellows. The hundred or so most promising
demonstrated leadership capability, an assemblage of skills
applicants are invited to interviews by eleven regional panels
that would make one a good special assistant in the short run
who read the applications and the references of those whom
and a national leader in the long run, and substantial indications
they interview (about 10 per panel).
of a commitment to service to others in the community in which
one has lived. While the program has no age limits, it is designed
On the basis of regional panel evaluations, approximately 33
to encourage future leaders rather than reward established
candidates are named as national finalists and are interviewed
leaders.
in a three-day meeting by the members of the President's Com-
mission. The Commission then recommends to the President
those individuals whom it finds to be most qualified for significant
Funding
work experiences at a high level in a cabinet agency, the Execu-
As a government employee, each Fellow is paid by his or her
tive Office of the President, or with the Vice President.
agency at an appropriate scale based on experience and edu-
cation, generally not higher than a GS-15.
The government administers the
program through a line item in the
Office of Personnel Management
budget, but the policies are set and
the Fellows are recommended by
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the Commission selected by the
President. The Commission has a
small staff to support all phases of
the program. The education pro-
gram is paid for in large part by funds
contributed to the White House Fel-
lows Foundation and by current
Fellows' own contributions.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor greets
Fellows at a meeting at the Supreme Court.
White House Fellows
Alumni
Just as they came from a wide variety of professions before they
were selected as Fellows, former Fellows are making their mark
in a multitude of fields. A representative sample of the alumni and
their current professions:
Henry G. Cisneros, Mayor, San
Timothy Wirth, Member of Congress,
Antonio Texas: 1971-72 Fellowship-
2nd District, Colorado; 1967-68
Department of Health, Education and
Fellowship-Department of Health,
Welfare.
Education and Welfare.
10
Robert Sansone, Vice President,
General Foods Corporation; General
Manager, Beverage Division: 1969-70
Fellowship-Department of Com-
merce.
Ursula Fairbairn, Vice President,
Management Services Staff, Inter-
national Business Machines: 1973-74
Fellowship-Department of the
Treasury.
William R. Cotter, President, Colby
Judith Mercardo, Manager, Cor-
College, Waterville, Maine; 1965-66
porate Planning, Esso S.A.P.A.,
Fellowship-Department of Com-
Argentina; 1979-80 Fellowship-
merce.
The White House.
Commodore Leon A. Edney,
Tom Johnson, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer,
Isiah Leggett, Assistant Dean and
Commandant, United States Naval
Los Angeles Times; 1965-66 Fellowship-The White House.
Associate Professor, School of Law,
Academy; 1970-71 Fellowship,-
Howard University; 1978-79 Fellow-
Department of Transportation.
ship-Department of Agriculture.
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Lynn A. Schenck,
Secretary of Business,
Nelson A. Diaz, Judge, Court of
Transportation and Hous-
Michael H. Armacost, United States
Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Penn-
ing, State of California;
Ambassador to the Philippines;
sylvania; 1977-78 Fellowship-Office
1976-77 Fellowship-Office
1969-70 Fellowship-Department of
of the Vice President.
of the Vice President.
State.
1982-83
White
House
Fellows
Catherine Lynn Olson Anderson
Michael L. Campbell
Hopkins, Minnesota
Clarksburg, California
Catherine Lynn Olson Anderson, 34,
Michael L. Campbell, 35, owner of
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney,
Campbell Farms, Clarksburg, California.
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Criminal Trial Division, Minneapolis,
Born in San Francisco, California, he
Minnesota. Born in Marshall, Minnesota,
received a B.S. degree from the Univer-
she received a B.F.A. degree from the
sity of California at Davis and an M.S.
University of Minnesota in 1969, and a
degree from Stanford University. He
J.D. degree drom the University of Min-
studied agricultural economics at Massey
nesota Law School in 1973. Formerly an
University in New Zealand on a Rotary
artist, co-founder and director of an ar-
Foundation Fellowship for International
tists' workshop and gallery, Mrs. Ander-
Understanding and was a Kellogg Fellow
son was a defense attorney specializing
in the California Agricultural Leadership
in trial and appellate practice for six years
Program. Mr. Campbell is active in
prior to becoming a criminal prosecutor
California agricultural organizations and
in 1980. She has held many positions in
a leader in youth and civic activities in
professional and community organiza-
Clarksburg. He has received numerous
tions, and has lectured and taught in her
agricultural, civic and Scouting awards
field of specialty.
and is listed in Outstanding Young Men
of America and Who's Who in the West.
Paula H. J. Cholmondeley
Clayton M. Christensen
Jonathan S. Gration
Short Hills, New Jersey
Belmont, Massachusetts
Wheaton, Illinois
Paula H. J. Cholmondeley, 35, Vice
Clayton M. Christensen, 30, Project
Jonathan S. Gration, 30, Captain in the
President of Strategic Planning and Pro-
Manager, The Boston Consulting Group,
United States Air Force, Technical
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grams, Westinghouse Elevator Com-
Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. Born in Salt
Assistance Field Team, Kenya. Born in
pany, Short Hills, New Jersey. Born in
Lake City, Utah, he studied as a David
St. Charles, Illinois, he received a B.S.
Kingston, Jamaica, she received a B.A.
O. McKay Scholar at Brigham Young
degree from Rutgers University and is
degree from Howard University and an
University, receiving a B.A. with highest
currently Advisor to the Kenya Air Force
M.S. degree in Accounting from Whar-
honors in 1975. He was awarded a
and primary Instructor Pilot for the F-5
ton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Rhodes Scholarship and earned an
jet fighter. In 1979, shortly after the fall
Ms. Cholmondeley is a Certified Public
M. Phil. in Economics from the Univer-
of Idi Amin, Captain Gration travelled to
Accountant in New York and Connec-
sity of Oxford in 1977. Mr. Christensen
Uganda at his own expense to work on
ticut and serves as Chairman of the
also received an M.B.A. from the Har-
humanitarian and reconstruction pro-
Minority Business Development Commit-
vard Business School, graduating with
jects. He has been active in community
tee of the American Institute of Certified
High Distinction as a George F. Baker
activities, particularly those emphasizing
Public Accountants and is involved in
Scholar. He is an active leader in his
young people and in 1981 he was
other professional accounting societies.
church and has held several positions in
selected by the U.S. Jaycees as one of
She has been named Outstanding
local Cub and Boy Scout organizations.
the "Ten Outstanding Young Men" of
Member of the National Association of
America.
Black Accountants and received the Na-
tional YWCA Tribute to Women in In-
ternational Industry Award.
Paul T. Hasse
Frank G. Klotz
Douglas W. Kmiec
Silver Spring, Maryland
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Notre Dame, Indiana
Paul T. Hasse, 27, Chairman of HALT
Frank G. Klotz, 31, Captain, United
Douglas W. Kmiec, 30, Associate Pro-
-An Organization of Americans for
States Air Force, Assistant Professor of
fessor of Law, University of Notre Dame.
Legal Reform, Inc. Born in Carbondale,
Political Science, United States Air Force
Born in Chicago, he graduated from
Illinois, he received a B.A. degree from
Academy, Colorado Springs Colorado.
Northwestern University and the Univer-
Texas A&M University in 1976, and an
Born in Lubbock, Texas, he is a Distin-
sity of Southern California Law Center,
M.A. in 1979 from Oxford University,
guished Graduate of the Air Force
where he was a senior editor of the
which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar.
Academy. He received his masters and
Southern California Law Review. A
Mr. Hasse has produced commercial
doctoral degrees from Oxford Universi-
member of the Illinois and California
films, he is the editor and occasional
ty, England, which he attended as a
Bars, he has practiced law with major
author of a series of legal educational
Rhodes Scholar. He has served at Head-
firms in Chicago and Beverly Hills. Pro-
manuals for consumers, and he serves on
quarters Air Force and in the Office of the
fessor Kmiec is a frequent contributor to
the board of directors of the Taxpayers
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Man-
legal seminars, ABA committees and is
Foundation.
power, Reserve Affairs and Logistics).
listed in Who's Who in American Law.
Captain Klotz participates actively in
He has published numerous articles and
several community and church endeav-
contributed to books in his teaching
ors. His awards include the Defense
areas-property, land use, environmen-
Meritorious Service Award.
tal laws and state and local government.
Kathy Stroh Mendoza
Daniel T. Oliver
Sharon Ivey Richie
New York City
Orange Park, Florida
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Kathy Stroh Mendoza, 38, President of
Daniel T. Oliver, 37, Commander, Unit-
Sharon I. Richie, 32, Major in the United
Vis-A-Vis Information Design, a con-
ed States Navy. A Naval Aviator, Com-
States Army, Office of the Assistant
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sulting firm specializing in media produc-
mander Oliver is the Commanding Of-
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
tion. She is working for Time Video In-
ficer of Patrol Squadron SIXTEEN,
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she
formation Services, Inc., developing their
home-ported at the Naval Air Station,
received a B.S.N. degree from Wagner
teletext service. Born in Lake Charles,
Jacksonville, Florida. Born in Camden,
College and an M.S. degree from the
Louisiana, she received a B.A. cum
South Carolina, he received a B.S. de-
University of Texas at San Antonio,
laude from Vassar College. She has pro-
gree in 1966 and an M.Ed. degree in
where she was selected as a member of
duced three major television series:
1973, both from the University of Vir-
Sigma Theta Tau, the National Nursing
American Enterprise, The Search for
ginia. In addition to aviation assignments,
Honor Society. Major Richie is a gradu-
Solutions, and 3-2-1 Contact, a series on
he has served as an Associate Professor
ate of the Army Command and General
science and technology produced for the
of Naval Science at the University of
Staff College, recipient of the Army
Children's Television Workshop. Each of
Virginia, teaching Navigation and Naval
Commendation Medal and Meritorious
the series has won awards, including four
Operations. A Certificated Multi-Engine
Service Medal, and the only nurse on ac-
Emmys, the National Education Associa-
and Instrument Ground School and
tive duty to be awarded the Office of
tion Advancement of Learning in Broad-
Flight Instructor, he has been active in
Secretary of Defense Identification
casting Award and the Action for Chil-
volunteer work and community social
Badge.
dren's Television Achievement Award.
services.
William L. Roper
Adis M. Vila
Diane Welch Vines
Birmingham, Alabama
Miami, Florida
Brookline, Massachusetts
William L. Roper, 33, Health Officer,
Adis M. Vila, 28, Attorney, Paul &
Diane Welch Vines, 36, Assistant Pro-
Jefferson County Department of Health,
Thompson, Miami, Florida. Born in
fessor of Psychiatric Nursing at Boston
Birmingham, Alabama. Born in Birming-
Cuba, she received a B.A. degree from
University and partner/psychotherapist
ham, he received a B.S. degree and an
Rollins College where she was honored
in Beacon Associates, Brookline, Massa-
M.D. degree both from the University of
with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan
chusetts. Born in Rochester, Minnesota,
Alabama. He completed his residency in
Medallion for outstanding scholarhip,
she received a B.S. in Nursing from
pediatrics at the University of Colorado
leadership and service, and named to
Vanderbilt University, an M.A. in Nurs-
Medical Center, received an M.P.H. de-
Who's Who in American Colleges and
ing from New York University and is a
gree from the University of Alabama, is
Universities. She also holds a J.D. degree
candidate for a Ph.D. in Sociology from
board-certified in pediatrics and preven-
with honors from the University of
Boston University. Ms. Vines was a plan-
tive medicine and teaches in both special-
Florida. The recipient of a Rotary Foun-
ner and negotiator for an innovative
ty areas at the University of Alabama in
dation Graduate Fellowship, Ms. Vila
health and habilitation services contract
Birmingham. He serves as president of
earned a Diploma in International Law
between the private and public sectors.
the Alabama Public Health Association
with high honors from the Graduate In-
She has published and spoken nationally
and has been active in community affairs
stitute of International Studies in Geneva,
on family-related issues. She was listed
in the Birmingham area.
Switzerland. She is a member of the Ex-
in Most Outstanding Young Women of
ecutive Committee of the Dade County
America in 1977 and has an adopted son
from El Salvador.
Bar Association and the Board of Direc-
tors and Professional Advisory Board of
the Epilepsy Foundation of South Flor-
ida.
Calendar of Selection Process
August 1982
Application forms become available
May 19-22, 1983
National finalists interviewed over a
from Commission Office.
three-day period at a location near
Washington, D.C., by members of the President's Commission
November 15, 1982
Deadline for requesting application
on White House Fellowships. National finalists are reimbursed by
forms (last acceptable postmark date).
the Commission for transportation expenses (round-trip, coach
or tourist class), within the United States but not for international
December 1, 1982
Application deadline. In no case will
travel, and meals and lodging at the interview meeting site. Other
applications postmarked later than
expenses are the personal responsibility of the national finalists.
December 1, 1982, be accepted.
Approximately
Applicants notified by mail whether or
The week of
Presidential announcement of the 1983-
January 31, 1983
not they have been selected as regional
May 23, 1983
84 White House Fellows. Notification
finalists. Those selected will be advised
will be by mail.
of the date and location of their regional interviews.
March 1983
Regional finalists interviewed by selec-
June 20-24, 1983
1983-84 White House Fellows are inter-
tion panels in the following 11 cities in
viewed in Washington, D.C., by vari-
the United States: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver,
ous Executive Branch agencies. All newly appointed Fellows
New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Wash-
must be in Washington for the entire interview period. Based on
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ington, D.C. Every effort is made to assign regional finalists
these interviews, the Director of the President's Commission on
to the panel located closest to their homes; but, since the Com-
White House Fellowships determines the assignments of the
mission seeks to maintain an equal distribution of regional final-
1983-84 Fellows. Assignments are made and announced prior to
ists among the panels, this is not always possible. Travel expen-
September 1. Fellows may be reimbursed by the government for
ses incident to regional interviews are paid by the regional
transportation expenses (round-trip, coach or tourist class),
finalists. Regional interviews are one or two days long.
within the United States but not for international travel. Other
expenses during the interview week (including meals, lodging,
Approximately
Regional finalists notified by mail
taxis, etc.) are paid by the Fellow.
March 31, 1983
whether or not they have been, selec-
ted as national finalists.
September 1, 1983-
Inclusive dates of the 1983-84 Fellow-
August 31, 1984
ship year.
1983-84 White House Fellowship Application
Instructions
Please read the entire application, the descriptive information in
enclose the application including the required references in a
this brochure, and these instructions before answering any ques-
large envelope for mailing. Do not fold the application. A cover or
tions on the application. Please also review the eligibility re-
transmittal letter need not accompany your application.
quirements and be sure that you meet them before you apply.
Mail your application to the President's Commission on White
The Commission cannot legally consider applications from in-
House Fellowships, 712 Jackson Place, N.W., Washington, D.C.
eligible persons or grant exceptions to these requirements.
20503. (Be sure that you completed and included the cards on
Only official 1983-84 applications will be accepted. Please TYPE
the back cover of this booklet. One of these cards will be mailed
all responses and limit your replies to the spaces provided, ex-
back to you upon the Commission's receipt of your application.
cept where essential to answer a question fully or when an ex-
If you do not receive this acknowledgement within a reasonable
planation on a separate sheet is specifically requested. Any
time after you mail your application, contact the Commission
additional pages should be standard 8½" X 11" size. Answer
office at (202) 395-4522. We suggest that you retain a copy of
questions fully and accurately, and sign and date the application
your application in the event the original is lost in the mail.)
in the place provided. Failure to do so may delay or prevent
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For consideration in the 1983-84 Fellowship competition, an
consideration of your application.
application must be postmarked not later than December 1,
Your application must be accompanied by three personal eval-
1982. In fairness to all applicants, exceptions to this deadline
uation forms furnished by individuals who have direct knowledge
may not be granted and incomplete applications will not be con-
sidered.
of your qualifications and character. One such form is provided
in this application, which you are requested to reproduce as
It is suggested that you complete and return your application
needed. Have each form completed by a reference and returned
as soon as possible. If you do mail your application close to the
to you in a sealed envelope for submission with your application.
December 1 deadline, however, you may want to ask for a post-
The Commission may solicit evaluations from other persons
mark receipt from the post office to guard against delay in post-
listed in the application who were not named as references
marking.
who are in a position to measure the applicant's qualifications
If you are mailing your application from overseas, send it by
and character. You will be asked to submit certified educational
air mail and post it as early as possible to avoid delay in the ini-
transcripts at the regional finalist stage.
tial stage of the selection process.
After completing your application, ascertain that all of the pages
The President's Commission on White House Fellowships fol-
are in proper sequence and secure them with a paper clip (please
lows section 717 of the EEO Act of 1972. Persons who believe
do not staple). In addition, please indicate on the first page of the
that they have been discriminated against in violation of that law
separate sheets used to answer the essay questions, the number
may file administrative complaints by contacting an Equal Em-
of the question. Also print or type your name on the upper right
ployment Opportunity counselor at the Office of Personnel Man-
hand corner of each page of the essays. When completed, please
agement.
FORM APPROVED
OMB NO. 0310-0007
1983-84 White House Fellowship Application
1. Name (last, first, middle)
7. Employer and Address
2. Preferred Title
Mr.
Mrs.
Miss
Ms.
Other
8. Your business address and position
3. Other names used (e.g. maiden)
(and military rank when applicable)
4. Home address (include ZIP Code)
4a. Permanent address if not same as above
9. Your job affiliation:
Academe
Business
Military
State and Local Government
Law
Medicine
Other Profession
5. Phone (include area codes)
Non-profitOrganization
Student or Fellow
Home:
Office:
10. Birthplace (city and state, or foreign country)
6. Are you a citizen of the United States of America?
Yes
No
11. Birth date (month, day, year)
12. Have you applied for any of the following Federal Government examinations or programs: Professional and
Administrative Career Examination, Federal Management Intern Examination, Foreign Service Officer, the Peace
Corps? If yes, indicate which, whether or not you passed, and whether or not you met the qualification requirements.
13. Have you ever worked for or are you now working for the Federal Government or are you being paid by Federal
funds? If so, please explain and give inclusive dates.
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14. It is helpful for the Commissioners evaluating your application to see "at a glance" the development of education
and career patterns. Therefore, on a separate sheet of paper, please provide a chronological listing of all positions
you have held, employers, and dates held. Work back from your current position and include all post-secordary
school education. Account for all periods of unemployment and military service.
15. Have you ever been discharged from any job, or have you quit after being informed that your employer intended
to discharge you?
If your answer is "Yes," give details:
16. On a separate sheet of paper, describe in 300 words or less, your life's ambition, what you hope to accomplish or
achieve in your lifetime, and what position you hope to attain.
17. On a separate sheet of paper discuss, in 300 words or less, why you want to be a White House Fellow, what you
consider to be your major strengths and qualifications for the program, and what benefits you feel are likely to result
from your participation.
18. On a separate sheet of paper write a memorandum, of not more than 500 words, for the President, making a spe-
cific policy proposal. Explain why you think it is important, what issues it raises, and why you think he should sup-
port it.
Educational Background
19. Please provide the following information about your education, high school and beyond:
Name and location
Dates attended
Degree or
Class rank (top 10%, 1st,
of schools
From
To
diploma
2nd, 3rd, 4th quarter)
and field
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20. Please list, describe and explain the purposes of the major extracurricular activities in which you partici-
pated. For each activity listed, specify the name of the school, college, or university, any offices held, the
length of your membership, and the level of your participation. Also list any major awards or recognitions re-
ceived.
Work Experience
21. If you have taken a test or examination that is required in order to qualify for the practice of any
occupation or profession, give the information requested for each such test or examination, and for each
time you took the examination, if more than once.
Full name of test or
Administering
State or
Year
Passed
examination (NOT initials)
agency
jurisdiction
Yes
No
22. After having qualified for the practice of any occupation or profession, have you ever been barred
from such practice or disciplined by any agency because of your conduct?
Yes
No
If your answer is "Yes," state on a separate sheet of paper the dates of and reasons for such debarment or
disciplining, the name and address of the agency concerned, and whether you have been reinstated.
23. a. List dates, branch, and serial or service number for all active military service.
From
To
Branch of service
Serial or service number
b. Have you ever been discharged from the Armed Forces under other than honorable conditions?
Yes
No
If your answer is "Yes," give details on a separate sheet of paper.
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24. Detail and describe your work experience. Start with your present position and work back. Account
for all periods of time since your first employment, including periods of unemployment and time spent as
a student or in military service. If you have been graduated from school for more than eight years, you
may summarize part-time or summer employment while you were obtaining your education.
a. Dates of employment (month, year)
Name and address of employer
Place of employment
From
To
(city and state)
present
time
Kind of business or organization (manufacturing,
Name, title, and present address of immediate
accounting, insurance, etc.)
supervisor
Exact title of position
Salary or earnings
Number and kind of employees you supervised
Starting $
per
Final $
per
Description of work
Describe any outstanding contributions made by you in this work, and list any citations, awards, or unusual
promotions.
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b. Dates of employment (month, year)
Name and address of employer
Place of employment
From
To
(city and state)
Reason for leaving
Kind of business or organization (manufacturing,
Name, title, and present address of immediate
accounting, insurance, etc.)
supervisor
Exact title of position
Salary or earnings
Number and kind of employees you supervised
Starting $
per
Final $
per
Description of work
Describe any outstanding contributions made by you in this work, and list any citations, awards, or unusual
promotions.
c. Dates of employment (month, year)
Name and address of employer
Place of employment
From
To
(city and state)
Reason for leaving
Kind of business or organization (manufacturing,
Name, title, and present address of immediate
accounting, insurance, etc.)
supervisor
Exact title of position
Salary or earnings
Number and kind of employees you supervised
Starting $
per
Final $
per
Description of work
Describe any outstanding contributions made by you in this work, and list any citations, awards, or unusual
promotions.
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d. Dates of employment (month, year)
Name and address of employer
Place of employment
From
To
(city and state)
Reason for leaving
Kind of business or organization (manufacturing,
Name, title, and present address of immediate
accounting, insurance, etc.)
supervisor
Exact title of position
Salary or earnings
Number and kind of employees you supervised
Starting $
per
Final $
per
Description of work
Describe any outstanding contributions made by you in this work, and list any citations, awards, or unusual
promotions.
e. Dates of employment (month, year)
Name and address of employer
Place of employment
From
To
(city and state)
Reason for leaving
Kind of business or organization (manufacturing,
Name, title, and present address of immediate
accounting, insurance, etc.)
supervisor
Exact title of position
Salary or earnings
Number and kind of employees you supervised
Starting $
per
Final $
per
Description of work
Describe any outstanding contributions made by you in this work, and list any citations, awards, or unusual
promotions.
(Reproduce this form and use as needed.)
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Voluntary Community Activities
25. List the major civic and social activities (non-job related) in which you have participated during the
past ten years. Describe the purposes, objectives and size of each organization, and your level of participation
("helped organize," "served as president," etc.). List any awards or special recognition that you received for
these activities, and indicate for each activity listed the inclusive dates of your participation.
Name and address
Purposes or objectives
Size
Level of
Dates
Awards and
of organization
participation
recognitions
26. What do you consider to be your most significant contribution to your community? Explain why or in
what ways you consider it to be significant.
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Professional and Occupational Activities
27. List the major business and professional activities in which you have participated during the past ten
years. Describe the purposes, objectives and size of each organization, and your level of participation
("helped organize," "served as president," etc.) List any awards or special recognition that you received
for these activities, and indicate for each activity listed inclusive dates of your participation.
Name and address
Purposes or objectives
Size
Level of
Dates
Awards and
of organization
participation
recognitions
28. What do you consider to be your most significant contribution to your professional field? Explain why
or in what ways you consider it to be significant.
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29. In addition to the things you have mentioned in answering questions 26 through 29, list and describe
briefly any other accomplishments or skills of which you are proud or that you deem significant or out-
standing. Include, among other things, literary awards, inventions, patents, prizes for architectural design
or works of art, significant publications (do not enclose actual publications), and fluencies in foreign lan-
guages. You may also use this space to describe briefly any news stories, editorials, radio or television an-
nouncements, etc., that show evidence of your recognition by community, cultural, business, or other groups.
Enclose pertinent news clippings only when germane and not numerous.
30. Describe what you enjoy doing in your leisure time, how you spend your vacations, and meaningful expe-
riences these opportunities have afforded you.
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31. References. List at least five persons who are NOT RELATED TO YOU AND WHO HAVE DIRECT KNOWL-
EDGE of your qualifications and character. At least one person listed should have professional competence in your
field; at least one should have knowledge of your major community or civic activities; at least one should have knowl-
edge of your business or professional accomplishments; and one should be your present supervisor, if applicable.
Please reproduce the personal evaluation form which is bound into this application and have it completed by three
of the persons listed below. Each reference should seal the form in an envelope and sign his/her name across the seal
and return the form to you. These references must be included with your application. Your application cannot be
evaluated without the references. The remaining references will be solicited at the regional finalist stage.
Business or
Full name and present business or home address
occupation and title;
Knows you in
(include ZIP Code)
Telephone number
what connection?
In addition to the persons named above, the Commission may wish to solicit references from other individuals who
have knowledge of your qualifications.
MAY SUCH INQUIRY BE MADE?
YES
NO
CERTIFICATION
I CERTIFY that all of the statements made in this application are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief, and are made in good faith. I know and understand that any or all items contained herein may be subject to investigation or
verification and I consent to the full release of all information concerning my capacity and fitness by employers, educational insti-
tutions (who are also authorized to release my academic records), law enforcement agencies, and other individuals and agencies,
to duly accredited investigators of the Federal Government or to the Commission for that purpose.
Signature of applicant
Date
(Sign in ink)
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President's Commission on White House Fellowships
PERSONAL EVALUATION
Applicant: Please print or type your name:
To the person completing this evaluation:
The White House Fellowship Program, begun in 1964, seeks to identify gifted and highly
motivated young Americans. It offers them first-hand experience in the process of governing
the Nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of the society. Between 1500
and 2000 applications are received each year. The above-named individual has applied for one
of the 14 to 20 White House Fellowships for 1983-84.
The Commission depends on persons who have known the applicant personally and in
his/her studies, work or civic activities. The Commission urges you to be as specific and candid
as possible, citing any particular incidents that illustrate the applicant's maturity, purpose-
fulness and initiative. Your prompt submission of this form will be most helpful, as the appli-
cant can neither complete his/her application nor be considered without your remarks.
Please note that provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 entitle applicants, upon request, to
have access to records about themselves, including this evaluation, and that it is the Commis-
sion's practice to destroy personal records of this sort 60 days after a letter advising a candidate
that he or she has been eliminated from the competition has been mailed.
Please return this form plus any additional sheets in a sealed envelope with your signature
across the seal. The applicant will then submit the sealed envelope as part of the completed ap-
plication package to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.
Thank you for your time, assistance, and cooperation.
(Reproduce this form and use as needed.)
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Below is a series of descriptive statements. Based on your knowledge of the candidate, decide the extent to which each statement
is descriptive of him or her and place a check mark in the appropriate column. A check under
"5" means that the statement is completely and consistently descriptive of the candidate in all contexts, circumstances, and occasions
in which you have known or observed him/her and you rate him/her outstanding (top 5%);
"4" means that the statement is almost always descriptive and you rate him/her excellent (top 15%);
"3" means that the statement is almost always descriptive and you rate him/her "good" (top third);
"2" means that it is occasionally descriptive and you rate him/her "average" (middle third);
"1" means that the statement is not descriptive at all and you rate him/her "poor" (bottom third).
(If you do not feel that you can evaluate the candidate in some particular, check the "Don't Know" column.)
5
4
3
2
1
Don't Know
Intellectual Ability
Analytical powers
Rigor of thought
Critical facility
Reasoning ability
Writes clearly & convincingly
Speaks clearly & convincingly
Personal integrity and responsibility
Courage of convictions
Accepts blame when it is his/hers
Keeps his/her word
Inspires trust on part of associates
Decisiveness, energy, vigor, creativity
Follows through on work
Eager to assume responsibility
Innovative solutions
Fulfills commitments
Leadership
Inspires confidence of others
Channels/directs efforts of others
Convinces by sound reasons
Takes responsibility for decisions he/she makes
Gives subordinates full credit for what they do
Is respected for wisdom and courage of his/her leadership
Civic-mindedness and sense of responsibility
Believes firmly in the ideals and principles of American government
Feels and demonstrates a strong sense of obligation to his/her
community
Self-confidence, poise, ability to get along with others
Is poised and confident of his/her own ability
Profits from constructive criticism
Remains stable under stress
Is able to work cooperatively and not just alone
Is clear and persuasive in argument
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Although your rating of the applicant on the above scales will be important in judging his/her qualfications for a White
House Fellowship, even more important will be your candid and specific comments answering the following questions.
Please attach additional sheets as necessary.
1. What do you feel are the applicant's major strengths? Please include a specific example or an occasion in which these
strengths were demonstrated.
2. What do you feel are the applicant's weaknesses?
3. What do you consider to be the major impact the applicant has made in his/her professional work?
4. What do you consider to be the candidate's major contribution to his or her community, outside his or her profes-
sional work?
5. What has the candidate done that you consider to be especially enterprising or creative?
6. Describe the situation, circumstance, or occasion that you feel most significantly called upon the candidate's leader-
ship, judgment, abilities, and capacity and describe how he or she responded or acted in that situation.
7. What is the candidate's potential? What position or level of responsibility do you expect the candidate to achieve in
his or her lifetime?
8. In what specific ways would you anticipate that this person would benefit personally and professionally, if selected as
a White House Fellow?
9. To what extent and in what specific ways would you expect this candidate's community and the Nation to benefit
from his/her participation in the Fellowship program?
10. If you were the President or Vice President of the United States, or a member of the cabinet, would you select this
person to be a key member of your personal staff?
DEFINITELY
PROBABLY
POSSIBLY
PROBABLY NOT
NO
11. All things considered, how do this person's ability and potential compare to others with whom you are acquainted?
OUTSTANDING
EXCELLENT
GOOD
AVERAGE
POOR
(top 5%)
(top 15%)
(top third)
(middle third)
(bottom third)
Name (please print)
Address
Title
Nature of business, occupation, profession
How long have you known applicant?
In what connection?
Signature
Date
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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUESTED ON A WHOLLY VOLUNTARY BASIS AND IS
INTENDED ONLY TO AID US IN EVALUATING OUR RECRUITMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURES. THIS SHEET WILL BE DETACHED FROM YOUR APPLICATION AND WILL NOT
BE SEEN BY EVALUATORS AT ANY STAGE.
1. How did you hear about the program? (Please be specific.)
2. Do you feel this brochure has fully explained the fellowship and anticipated most of your questions?
If no, in what ways might it be improved?
3. Race and National Origin Identification. Please check one:
A
American Indian or
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, and
Alaskan Native
who maintains cultural identification through community recognition or tribal
affiliation.
B
Asian or Pacific
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, South-
Islander
east Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes,
for example, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
C
Black, not of
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Does
Hispanic origin
not include persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South
American, or other Spanish cultures or origins (see Hispanic).
D
Hispanic
A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or
other Spanish cultures or origins. Does not include persons of Portuguese
culture or origin.
E
White, not of
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Af-
Hispanic origin
rica, or the Middle East. Does not include perons of Mexican, Puerto Rican,
Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish cultures or origins
(see Hispanic). Also includes persons not included in other categories.
You are requested to furnish this information under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16, which requires that
Federal employment practices be free from discrimination and provide equal employment opportunities for all.
Solicitation of this information is in accordance with Department of Commerce Directive 15, "Race and Ethnic
Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting."
This information will be used in planning and monitoring equal employment opportunity programs. Your fur-
nishing this information is voluntary. Your failure to do so will have no effect on your candidacy for the White
House Fellowships program.
Your Name
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Records Retention
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 USC
as White House Fellows may, however, be circulated
§552, as amended) and the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC
to appropriate Executive Branch officials incident to
§552a), the President's Commission on White House
placing Fellows in assignments for the Fellowship year
Fellowships operates its competitive application proc-
and subsequently may be retained, along with other
ess and collects personal information for its use in
applicant file materials, by the Commission in its per-
evaluating applicants under authority of Executive
manent files on persons who are selected as White
Order No. 11183, as amended.
House Fellows. These permanent records are access-
Applicants furnish the information requested in the
ible to the individuals concerned.)
application form voluntarily. Failure to furnish all of
Sixty days after a letter has been mailed to an applicant
the requested information, however, may result in an
advising that he or she has been eliminated from the
applicant's being eliminated from consideration for a
competition, all materials in the applicant's file will
Fellowship.
be destroyed and this procedure will be repeated after
All files, records, and other material submitted by or
each stage of the selection process.
in behalf of any applicant, or collected or obtained with
The Commission cannot assume responsibility for the
regard to an applicant, are used by those persons asso-
return of applications or supporting documents. Ap-
ciated with the Commission for the purpose of screen-
plicants are, therefore, advised to retain copies of their
ing and evaluating applications for White House Fel-
application forms and not to submit irreplaceable doc-
lowhips and will not, as a general rule, be disclosed to
uments or other materials with applications.
any person not associated with the Commission.
The Commission and those involved in the selection
The information collected may also be used in aggre-
process do not prepare written evaluations of applica-
gate form for statistical analysis that will not identify
tions or applicants for the applicants' records or files.
individuals. (The application forms of persons selected
No such evaluation can, therefore, be provided.
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To insure prompt notification of status on January 31, 1983,
please fill your name and address within the brackets below.
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YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED OF YOUR STATUS
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 3, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS
are
SUBJECT:
Inquiries from Jim Coyne, Special
Assistant to the President for
Private Sector Initiatives
Jim Coyne has addressed the following two legal inquiries to
me:
1.
Are there any restrictions on his campaign committee
holding a fundraiser (John Heinz has agreed to host) to
retire his outstanding campaign debt?
2.
Is WBZ-TV's scheme to raise money for the arts legal?
The Boston television station has established a
501 (c) (3) organization, WBZ Fund for the Arts. The
station agrees to advertise upcoming performances by
deserving groups on its (so-called) public service
announcements if the group will donate 10 percent of
the gate to the WBZ Fund for the Arts. WBZ wants
support from the Private Sector Initiatives Office, but
Coyne is uncertain if the scheme is legal.
I would be happy to work on these questions but wanted to
alert you to them first.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 24, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS
SUBJECT:
WBZ Fund for the Arts
Jim Coyne, Special Assistant to the President for Private
Sector Initiatives, has asked if WBZ-TV's fundraising scheme
for the arts is legal. According to Coyne, WBZ-TV has
established a 501 (c) (3) organization, WBZ Fund for the Arts.
WBZ-TV agrees to advertise upcoming performances by
deserving groups if the groups will donate 10 percent of the
gate to the WBZ Fund for the Arts. WBZ is seeking backing
of an undertermined nature from the Private Sector
Initiatives Office, and Coyne wanted to determine if the
scheme was legal before pursuing discussions with WBZ.
I raised the matter with Bruce Fein, General Counsel at the
Federal Communications Commission. Fein saw no problems
with the WBZ scheme, nor has my limited independent research
disclosed any. Coyne's inquiry was very general, and did
not concern any specific involvement by the Office of
Private Sector Initiatives. In light of these facts, and
the general inadvisability of our office opining in the
abstract on the legality of the activities of outside
parties, I recommend simply orally advising Coyne that we
see no problems with WBZ's general scheme. If a specific
proposal for involvement by Coyne's office develops, we can
advise him in writing at that time. If you agree, I will
call Coyne.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 13, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD A. HAUSER
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS
SUBJECT:
Partnerships in Education -- Draft
Presidential Memo to Heads of Departments
and Agencies and Enclosed Materials
(Prepared by the Office of Private Sector
Initiatives)
Richard Darman has asked for comments by noon today on the
attached proposed Presidential memorandum. The memorandum
requests each executive department and agency - including
field offices - to "adopt" a school and have employees
engage in such activities as tutoring, field trips, tours,
and speakers programs with pupils from the adopted school.
The memorandum notes that the White House staff will lead by
example by adopting a D.C. public school.
I have no general objection to the concept of adopting a
school, or even to including government agencies in the
effort, although it is obvious that legal questions will
arise with respect to the particulars of any program.
(E.g., should workers be given time off to tutor students?
May appropriated funds be used in the program?) I think the
program can only proceed as a voluntary one, and this fact
should be made clear in the memorandum. I reviewed the
matter with Joe Morris of OPM and he saw no problems,
assuming that participation of federal employees was
voluntary and on their own time. We should also stress to
those who will be implementing the program that appropriated
funds may only be used for the purposes for which they were
appropriated.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 13, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD G. DARMAN
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
DEPUTY TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF
FROM:
RICHARD A. HAUSER
PAA
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Partnerships in Education -- Draft
Presidential Memo to Heads of Departments
and Agencies and Enclosed Materials
(Prepared by the Office of Private Sector
Initiatives)
Counsel's Office has reviewed the proposed Presidential
memorandum to heads of executive departments and agencies on
Partnerships in Education. This proposed program, which we
have not had an opportunity to review until this late date,
should, in our view, only proceed on the basis of voluntary
participation by federal employees on their own time. This
point must be made clear in the Presidential memorandum.
Those charged with implementing the program, both in the
Private Sector Initiatives Office and in the agencies, must
also be reminded that appropriated funds may only be used
for those purposes for which they were appropriated.
Serious questions would be raised, for example, if an agency
with no specific responsibilities in the education area were
to use appropriated funds to assist its adopted school. Any
such questions arising in the course of implementing this
program should be reviewed by the appropriate general
counsel.
With respect to the particular language of the memorandum,
we recommend changing the beginning of the penultimate
sentence in the second paragraph to read: "Elements of the
partnership can range from your employees volunteering to
become involved in " The following should also be added
at the end of the second paragraph: "Participation by
individual employees in this program is entirely voluntary,
and should be on the employee's own time. "
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 12, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD A. HAUSER
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS DSOR
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Kickoff of
Partnerships in Education Program
Thursday, October 13, 1983
(10/11/83 - 6:30 p.m. draft)
Richard Darman has asked that comments on the above-
referenced remarks be sent directly to Ben Elliott by noon
today. The remarks discuss the need for education reforms
and focus on the initiative to promote partnerships in
education, whereby businesses or government agencies support
a particular school. The President announces that he will
sign an executive order directing "all branches of the
Government" to form partnerships with local schools, and
then announces that the White House will form such a
partnership with Congress Heights Elementary School. The
remarks conclude with the signing of a proclamation
designating this school year as the National Year of
Partnerships in Education.
Dianna advises me that the reference to the executive order
is incorrect and will be deleted. I have memorialized this
in our comment memorandum. The proclamation has already
been signed by the President, but I have no objection to a
second, ceremonial signing. I have no other objections.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 12, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR BEN ELLIOTT
PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITING OFFICE
FROM:
RICHARD A. HAUSER
RAA
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Kickoff of
Partnerships in Education Program
Thursday, October 13, 1983
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(10/11/83 - 6:30 p.m. draft)
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced draft
remarks. It is our understanding that the first sentence of
the first full paragraph on page 4 is incorrect, and that no
such executive order will be signed. Appropriate changes in
the text should be made, deleting any reference to an
executive order. We have no other objections.
CC: Richard G. Darman
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October 11, 1983
6:30 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KICKOFF OF PARTNERSHIPS
IN EDUCATION PROGRAM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1983
Good afternoon and welcome. It's a pleasure to have you all
here. But I confess I get a little nervous with SO many
presidents and chief executive officers in the room. Who's
minding your store?
May I also say hello to those joining us by way of
closed-circuit television -- the students, teachers, and parents
of the Congress Heights Elementary School here in Washington.
It's good to be talking to Congress Heights and to welcome all of
you to this important ceremony here at the White House -- the
home that belongs to you and all Americans.
America has always had a love affair with learning. From
polished men of letters like Thomas Jefferson to humble,
self-taught people like Abe Lincoln, and from inventors like
Thomas Edison to visionaries like Martin Luther King, Americans
have put their faith in the power of education to enrich lives
and make our Nation strong.
We see the evidence of this in many fine schools like
Congress Heights with thousands of dedicated superintendents,
principals, and teachers. But we also face tremendous problems.
Between 1963 and 1980, Scholastic Aptitude Test scores were in a
virtually unbroken decline. Too many of our States demanded too
little of their students, imposing lax graduation requirements.
And compared to students in other industrialized nations, many of
ours perform badly.
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Yet even as we've recognized the challenge, our Nation has
begun to respond. One of our Administration's first priorities
was to establish a National Commission on Excellence in
Education. We asked it to help us chart a new course that would
permit us to correct the mistakes of the past. Even before the
Commission released its report, grassroots America had begun to
move.
Since 1980, no fewer than 20 States have passed tougher
certification laws, SO only fully-qualified teachers can enter
the classroom. During the same period, more than half the school
districts in the country have raised the number of credits they
require in such basics as English, science, and math; and
38 percent more school districts will upgrade their standards by
1985. Throughout the land, parents, teachers, and school
officials have begun vigorous work to improve the fundamentals --
not fancy budget structures, not frills in the curriculum, but
teaching and learning. To quote Secretary Bell, what's going on
now represents "the greatest, most-far-reaching, and
most
promising reform and renewal of education since the turn of the
century."
One aspect of this great renewal is the reason we've
gathered here today. Across the country, groups of working men
and women have been forming partnerships with schools --
partnerships in education. To form a partnership, volunteers
from a business, government agency, or other organization strike
an agreement with a school to develop programs that will help the
school's students in one or two basic ways. The volunteers might
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tutor students, establish scholarship funds, donate furniture and
equipment, or teach classes.
In Houston, 86 businesses have formed partnerships with 65
schools, and in Chicago, 124 businesses have formed partnerships
with 133 schools. San Diego schools benefit from partnerships
with groups including the Chargers, the Padres, and the United
States Navy. One way the Navy helps students in San Diego,
incidentally, is by arranging for pen pals, and I can't imagine
anything that sparks a youngster's imagination more than a letter
from a sailor describing islands in the South Pacific or sunrise
at sea.
But let's remember: all those partnerships already
established still involve only a few thousand American schools
out of some 125,000 total.
So today, I'm issuing a challenge to America to ensure our
children get the education they deserve. Let us resolve that by
the end of this school year, every one of our country's public,
private, and parochial schools and community colleges -- all
125,000 of them -- will have formed a partnership in education.
The goal is lofty, but well within the reach of a Nation that can
send men to the Moon.
Let me add that I have directed the Federal Government to
promote partnerships in education in every way it can. My
special assistant Jim Coyne and his staff will work on the
program throughout the year. They'll be publishing a
partnerships in education newsletter, putting together a task
force that will work with State Governments, industry
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organizations, business associations, and other groups, and
assembling a nationwide computer system called DATA-NET to help
schools and partners get together.
Later today, I'll sign an Executive Order directing all
branches of the Government to follow the example of those sailors
in San Diego by forming their own partnerships with local
schools. This won't be an expensive new Government program. It
will be human and effective, with thousands of men and women,
whose jobs range from designing satellites to building our
bridges and highways, joining those in the private sector to lend
a hand to our Nation's schools.
Now, I understand the principal of Congress Heights
Elementary School is here with us. Bill Dalton, would you please
join me?
Mr. Dalton, and all you watching at Congress Heights, I have
a confession to make. You were told that closed-circuit TV's
were put in your classrooms because WJLA Television here in
Washington was going to form a partnership with your school.
Well, that wasn't quite right, but my thanks to WJLA for playing
along.
The truth is, with your permission Mr. Dalton, your school
will form a partnership with those of us here at the White House.
We'd like to pitch in at Congress Heights, tutoring, showing you
kids around the White House, and talking to you about our jobs
here and the careers we had before we came here. And by the way,
if there's anybody interested in lifeguarding or movie acting,
I'd be happy to talk that over, too.
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Finally, let me say a word to you, the students at Congress
Heights. You don't have to take notes, because I promise not to
give a pop quiz.
You've probably heard a lot about the importance of
dwindling resources. Well, I want you to know that our greatest
resource is the human mind and it isn't dwindling at all.
There's no limit to the human capacity for intelligence,
imagination, and wonder. That's why giving all of you a good
education is so very important.
Just a hundred years ago -- in the time of your
great-grandfathers and -grandmothers -- oil was nothing but SO
much sticky, smelly liquid. It was the invention of the internal
combustion engine that turned oil into a resource, and today oil
fuels the world economy. Just 10 years ago -- around the time
many of you were born -- sand was nothing but the stuff that
deserts are made of. Today we use sand to make silicon chips
that guide satellites through the infinite reaches of space.
So remember: in this vast and beautiful world that God has
given us, it's not what's inside the Earth that counts, but
what's inside your hearts and minds, because that's the stuff
that dreams are made of, and America's future is in your dreams.
Make them come true.
Thank you and God bless you. And now let me sign the
proclamation naming this school year the National Year of
Partnerships in Education.