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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Appointment of Six Members of the Board of Trustees.

January 08, 1981

The President today announced the appointment of six persons as members of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. They are:

RICHMOND CRINKLEY, of New York City, a producer of Broadway plays, including "The Elephant Man" and "Sweet Bird of Youth," who was formerly assistant to the Chairman of the Kennedy Center;

JUNE OPPEN DEGNAN, of San Francisco, publisher of San Francisco Review, who is active in civic affairs and the arts;

GERALD M. RAFSHOON, of Washington, D.C., president of Rafshoon Communications;

ANNETTE STRAUSS, of Dallas, Tex., vice president for public affairs and community relations of the public relations division of Bozell & Jacobs, who is very active in civic affairs and support of the arts;

HENRY STRONG, of Washington, D.C., chairman of the board and president of the Hattie M. Strong Foundation and former Vice Chairman of the Board of the Kennedy Center (reappointment);

LEW R. WASSERMAN, of Beverly Hills, Calif., chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Music Corp. of America, Inc., who was a member of the Kennedy Center Board from 1968 to 1978.

Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Appointment of Six Members of the Board of Trustees. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/250515

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