The White House Office of the Press Secretary announced Feb. 1 that President Bush intends to appoint 21 individuals to serve on the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Authorized under Executive Order 130321, the board is charged with identifying ways to strengthen the role of HBCUs and helping to provide quality education opportunities for minority and disadvantaged students. The board members will: (1) advise the U.S. secretary of education on the progress in closing the achievement and attainment gaps between African Americans and other groups of students; (2) issue an annual report to the president on the participation of HBCUs in federal programs; (3) recommend ways to increase the federal role in strengthening the academic programs and resources of HBCUs; and (4) report to the president on how to increase the role of the private sector in strengthening HBCUs.

Members selected to serve on the board include:

• Dennis Ray Boxx of Virginia; vice president for corporate communications, Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md.;

• Benjamin Franklin Payton of Alabama; president, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala.;

• Arlene Cassandra Ackerman of California; superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District;

• Hazo William Carter, Jr. of West Virginia; president, West Virginia State College, Institute, W. Va.;

• Lawrence Arnett Davis, Jr. of Arkansas; chancellor, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff;

• Harold Emanuel Doley, Jr. of New York; president, Doley Security, Inc., New Orleans, La.;

• Elson Sylvester Floyd of Michigan; president, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo;

• Charles Alphonso Hines of Texas; president/CEO, Prairie View University, Prairie View, Texas;

• Ernest Leon Holloway of Oklahoma; president, Langston University, Langston, Okla.;

• William English Kirwan of Ohio; president, Ohio State University, Columbus;

• Ronald Francis Mason, Jr. of Mississippi; president, Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss.;

• Marie Valentine McDemmond of Louisiana; president, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va.;

• Bernard Joseph Milano of New Jersey; president, KPMG Foundation, Montvale, N.J.;

• Girard Cecil Miller of Virginia; president/CEO ICMA Retirement Corp., Washington, D.C.;

• James Carmichael Renick of Illinois; chancellor, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C.;

• Ricardo Romo of Texas; president, University of Texas, San Antonio;

• Dianne Boardley Suber of North Carolina; president, St. Augustine??s College, Raleigh, N.C.;

• Joyce Elaine Tucker of Virginia; president, Tucker-Spearman & Associates, Alexandria, Va.;

• Timothy Gregory Walker of Illinois; manager of governmental affairs, Mitsubishi Motors, Normal, Ill.;

• Michael Lucius Lomax of Louisiana; president, Dillard University, New Orleans; and,

• John Kenneth Waddell of Virginia; president, St. Paul??s College, Lawrenceville, Va.

"Creating education opportunities for America??s minority and disadvantaged students is one of this department??s main objectives," U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige said. "I look forward to working with the outstanding men and women President Bush has selected to help close the achievement gap between minority students and their peers and to expand their higher education opportunities."

The individuals selected by President Bush for this advisory board include representatives of historically black colleges and universities, other institutions of higher education, business and financial institutions, and private foundations. They will work together as a group to put forward recommendations and reports to the president.

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