GLICKMAN NAMES COTTON BOARD MEMBERS                              
                                            Release No. 0009.97


                                     Carol Blake (202) 720-8998
                                                cblake@usda.gov
                                   Jerry Redding (202) 720-6959
                                              jredding@usda.gov


GLICKMAN NAMES COTTON BOARD MEMBERS

     WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1998  Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has appointed five members
and six alternate members to the Cotton Board.  The board administers a national cotton research and
promotion program.

     Reappointed members by state are:  Arizona--Larry W. Jarnagin, Litchfield Park; Arkansas--Robert L. McGinnis, Marianna; Georgia--Van F. Murphy, Quitman; Mississippi--John S. Howie, Yazoo
City; and Texas--Robert W. Bickley, Pecos.

     Reappointed alternate members by state are: Arkansas--alternate member, John J. Baxter, Watson;
Mississippi--Mike P. Sturdivant, Jr., Itta Bena; Texas--Randall T. Bankhead, Roscoe.

     Newly appointed alternate members by state are:  Alabama/Florida--Walter L. Corcoran, Jr.,
Eufaula, Ala.; Arizona--Diann Denise Prechel, Phoenix; Georgia--Thomas Hubert Dollar II, Bainbridge.

     The appointees will serve three year terms ending Dec. 31, 2000.  The Alabama/Florida alternate
member position had been vacant; this appointee will serve the remaining term ending on Dec. 31, 1998.

     The Cotton Board consists of 26 members and their alternates representing both cotton producers
and importers of products that contain cotton.  A public member represents consumers.

     The cotton research and promotion program advances the position of cotton in the marketplace.  It
is funded by assessments on all domestically produced cotton and imports of foreign-produced cotton and
cotton-containing products.  USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service monitors the program.

                                
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