Appointment of Ruth Govorchin as a Member of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation

The President today announced his intention to appoint Ruth Govorchin to be a member of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation for a term expiring May 11, 1991. She would succeed Madeline B. Harwood.

Since 1983 Mrs. Govorchin has served as a special education teacher for Melbourne Trainable Mentally Retarded School in Lakewood, CA. Prior to this she served as a temporary teacher for the Los Angeles County schools in 1983. She has also been a guest lecturer on mental retardation for California State University.

Mrs. Govorchin graduated from California State University (B.A., 1980) and received her master's degree from the University of San Francisco in 1985. She was born November 25, 1940, in Denver, CO. She is married, has three children, and resides in Yorba Linda, CA.