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Appointment of Dodie Truman Borup as a Member of the National Commission on Children

August 04, 1988

The President today announced his intention to appoint Dodie Truman Borup to be a member of the National Commission on Children for a term expiring March 31, 1989. This is a new position.

Since 1984 Commissioner Borup has been Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC. Prior to this she was Special Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Special Presidential Messages at the White House, 1981-1984. She was director of the correspondence department for the Reagan-Bush Committee, 1979-1981, and a writer and researcher for Deaver & Hannaford Public Relations, 1978-1979. She has also served as a communications specialist with the State department of finance in California, 1972-1975, and a staff writer and investigative reporter for the Oakland Tribune, 1960-1968.

Commissioner Borup attended San Jose State University, 1956-1960. She was born September 12, 1938, in Oakland, CA. She is married, has 2 children, 10 stepchildren, 4 stepgrandchildren, and resides in Vienna, VA.

Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Dodie Truman Borup as a Member of the National Commission on Children Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/254779

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