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Digest of Other White House Announcements

March 14, 1997

The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue.

March 10

The President announced his intention to nominate Linda Tarr-Whelan, who currently serves as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, to the rank of Ambassador.

March 11

The President announced his intention to appoint Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes to be a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors.

The President declared a major disaster in the Federated States of Micronesia and ordered Federal aid to supplement FSM recovery efforts in the area struck by Typhoon Fern, December 25-26, 1996.

March 12

The President announced his intention to appoint Aida Alvarez as a member of the Board of Governors of the American National Red Cross.

March 13

In the morning, the President traveled to Raleigh, NC. In the afternoon, he traveled to Miami, FL.

March 14

In the morning, the President returned to Washington, DC. Later, he went to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, to undergo knee surgery for injuries sustained when he lost his footing on a staircase at the home of golf pro Greg Norman in Florida the night before.

William J. Clinton, Digest of Other White House Announcements Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/224157

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