GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS TO POTATO PROMOTION BOARD
                                                    Release NO.
                                                               
                                   Carol Blake   (202) 720-8998
                                                cblake@usda.gov
                                   Jerry Redding (202) 720-6959
                                              jredding@usda.gov

GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS TO POTATO PROMOTION BOARD

   WASHINGTON, April 3, 1997--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today
announced the appointment of 31 producer members, four importer members, and
one public member to the National Potato Promotion Board.

   Newly appointed producer members are:  Robert L. Layton, Gilbert, Ariz.;
Douglas G. Gunnels, Center, Colo.; Frank C. Johns Jr., Hastings, Fla.; Gary
B. Lands, Saint Augustine, Fla.; S. Lynn Loosli, Ashton, Idaho; Richard F.
Poteet, Rupert, Idaho; Edward A. Smith, Pocatello, Idaho; Scott L.
Stecklein, Blackfoot, Idaho; Carl B. Taylor, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Kenneth W.
Atcheson, Washburn, Maine; Robert L. Walther, Clio, Mich.; Larry E. Reynen,
Hollandale, Minn.; Gregory R. Stocker, East Grand Forks, Minn.; John S.
Child, Malone, N.Y.; David J. Hankey, Park River, N.D.; Timothy I. Moomaw,
Wooster, Ohio; H. Bruce Richardson Jr., Capeville, Va.; Brett E. Bergeson
Moses Lake, Wash.;  Nelson Y. Cox, Warden, Wash.; Richard R. Miller,
Othello, Wash.; and Kevin J. O'Rorke, Richland, Wash. 

   Newly appointed importer members are:  Randy A. Bauscher, Rupert, Idaho;
Roberto C. Meza, Pembroke Pines, Fla.; and Samuel J. Wolf, Winter Park, Fla.

   Reappointed producer members are:  Mark L. Darrington, Declo, Idaho;
Randy L. Hardy, Oakley, Idaho; Ralph D. Isom, Idaho Falls, Idaho; F.
Mitchell Jacobs, Hamer, Idaho; Larry A. Young, Lakeview, Mich.; William E.
Tudryn, Hadley, Mass.; John C. Stowell, Savannah, N.Y.; Reuben E. James,
Elizabeth City, N.C.; Virgil W. Slagell, Hydro, Okla.; Tony B. Czebotar,
Richland, Wash.; and John T. Schroeder, Antigo, Wis.

   The reappointed importer member is Edward H. P. Barnhill, Milford, Mass.

   The reappointed public member is Linda P. Drake, Lake Mathews, Calif.

   Atcheson was appointed to fill a vacancy and will serve a term of office
beginning immediately and ending Feb. 28, 1998.  All other appointments are
effective immediately and end Feb. 29, 2000.

   The board, authorized under the 1971 Potato Research and Promotion Act,
is composed of producers, importers and a public member appointed by the
USDA secretary.  Producer members are nominated at state and local producer
meetings.  Each state is entitled to at least one producer member, and
additional members are allotted on the basis of the volume of production. 
Importer members are nominated by importers, and the number of members is
related to the volume of imports.  The public member is nominated by the
board.

   The Potato Board administers an industry-funded national research and
promotion program to increase U.S. exports and domestic potato consumption. 
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service monitors the operations of the board.

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