Thirteen individu from the
profit, non-profit and reli
ctor of the community r
elected to one and three-year
terms on the ational Urban
Le 'Board of Tru ee by
the L's Delegate A rnbly
t its recently concluded 1986
Annual Conference in San Fran­
cisco CA.
The compo Ition of the Dele­
g te mbly include a re­
pre ntative from e h of the
UL's 113 affiliate, member
of the national board and 15
at-large representative .
interracial community-
rvice organiz tion founded in
1910, the ational Urban Le -
gu i dedicated to curin
equal opportunities for Blac s
and minoriti in all ctors of
American ciety. It i non­
profit and non-partisan.
The ne board member
are:
DANIEL B. BURKE, Presi­
d nt/Chief Op rating Officer
nd Dir tor, C pital Cities/
ABc.. Inc., New York City.
r. Burk assumed his present
position in 1986. He has had a
long association with Capital
Citl s, first joining th com­
p ny In 1961 as G n �I
M nag r of WTE -TV, Albany.
In 1962, he was appointed a
Vic Pr sident and in 1964
n med Gen ral an g r of WJR
AM/FM in Detroit. Succ sslve
positions lnclud Ex cutlv
Vic President and Director,
Pr sid nt of th Publishing 0 vis­
ion, and Presid nt and Chief
o ating Offic r.
RICHARD M. CLARKE,
Group Vic President nd Oir -
tor, Celan Corporation, N
York City. Mr. CI rk joined
th comp ny s � M rketlng
Manag r In 1971. He h s Id
v ral positrons including: Vice
Presid nt and Gen ral Man r,
Resins, Celan Plastics Com­
paoy; nior Vic Presld t,
I ndustrl I and Smoking Pro­
ducts Celanese Fibers Marketin
Co.; Executice V c Presld nt
nd G n al n r, C I
Canada, Inc.; Presid nt nd
Chi f Ex uctlv Off cer, Ce-
lane Can da, Inc.; Corpora
Vice Presid nt nd Pr s d nt,
Celan Speciality Op r tlons.
JAMES J. DO ATTO, Pr -
s dent and Ch f Ex uct
Offlc r, Comm cial Bust ss
Systems, Houston, TX. r.
Donatto curr ntty serves on the
boards of several ch ritabl nd
civic organizations, including th
Houston ation I Business Le -
gu , Houston High r Educatlo
o velopment Corp, and th
S ckle Celt Foundation. H I
th r clpient of se ral wards
mong them the Outstanding
Young Man/Jayc 1984;
BI ck History in th Making
Award, Riv rside Gen al
Hospital, 1986; nd th Out-
standing Volunt r, Harris
County Extension Service,
1986. .
ELINOR J. FERDON, Chair­
m n of th Board and Chief
Volunt r Officer, United Way
of Bergen County, Alpin , NJ.
Among Ms. Ferdon's director­
ships are the Girl Scouts of
th U.S.A., Girl Scouts of Ber­
gen County, nd United Jersey
Banks of Prlnc nton and Hack-
nsack, N.J. S Is also a
m mber of the Board of Trus
t s, Ston leigh-Burnham
School, Gr nfleld, MA.; and
Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Rutherford, N.J. and serves on
the Trust Committee of the
National Association of Ind
pend nt Schools. Ms. Ferdon
is the r ciplent of the Stat
of New Jersey Woman of Dis­
tinction Award (1981) and th
AJC's Institute of Human Re­
lations Award (1985).
BISHOP RICHARD L. FISH­
ER, Bishop, A.M.E. Zion
Church, 11th Episcopal District,
St. Louis, MO. Bishop Fisher
supervises church s in Arizona,
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Florida. He also serves as
Chairman, PubHc Relations and
Historical Society Board, and
Vice Chairman, Home Missions
Board and Worship and Ritual
Board, A.M.E. Zion Church.
Bishop Fish r is a member of
th Gov rning Board, National
Council of Churches, the World
Council of Churches, and the
NAACP.
GEORGE K. HEARTWELL,
JR., Mortgage Banker, Heartw II
& Hartwell Company, Grand
Rapids, MI. In addition to his
ex uctlve post in the Heart-
II Company, Mr. H rtw II
is Pres d nt 0 Habitat for
Humanity nd of the Wedge­
wood Acr Christian Youth
Hom. H is also a d con ot ;
th East Minister Presbyterian
Church.
DELORIA K. JONES,
Assistant Vic President and
an r, Community and Public
Relations, Washington Mutual
Savings Bank, Seattl ,WA. In
h r pre nt position, Ms. Jones
o s the bank's corporate
contributions, public relations
nd other community /consum r
lations programs. She is also
th host of KOMO-TV's
"Ra nbow Express" a weekly
public affairs program that airs
In Seattle. Ms. Jones previous
posts hay included Public In­
formation Officer, Seattle C -
tral Community Coli nd
n s r porter for KOMO Radio.
GEORGE R. LEWIS, Vice
Pr sid nt and Treasurer, Philip
orris Comp n i s, Inc., ew
York City. Mr. L wis' associ a­
tionwlth the company began In
1967 when he joined it as a
Corporat An Iyst. His rise to
his curr nt post was facilit­
ated by his p rformance In
eral important posts includ­
ing Assistant Treasu� r of Philip
Morris Incorporated; Treasur r
of Philip Morris Industrial; Vice
.President, Financial and Plann­
Ing; and Vice President,
Finane, Th Seven-Up Com-
pany. Prior to joining Philip
Morris, Lewis was a financial
analyst at the W.R. Grace Com­
pany and a product analyst
with the General Foods Cor­
poration.
JERRY A. MOORE III, Part­
n r, Linowes & Blocher Law
Firm. Mr. Moore speclallzes
In r al estat and admini­
stratlv law. Prior to his curr nt
post, Mr. Moore was Director
of Program Staff and Manager,
Legislative/Fiscal Bureau of the
Greater Washington Board of
Trade. He was a law cl rk to the
Hon. Judge Barrington D. Par­
ker, U.S. District Court (1975-
76) and in the Covington and
Burling Law Firm (1974-75).
Additionally, Lewis was a Lieu­
t nant in the U.S. Navy (1970-
73). H is a member of the
American Bar Association, the
Urban Land Institute and the
Council of 100.
RAYMOND J. PRITCHARD,
Chairman and Chief Executive
Offic r, Brown and William­
son Tobacco Corporation, Louis­
ville, KY. A native of the
United Kingdom, Pritchard
joined the British-American To­
bacco Company as a Manage­
ment Train in 1952 and was
assign d to Nigeria a year
later. From 1954-1984, he held
oar
a full range of man gement
posts at the company including
L af Director, BAT Indon sia;
Oir tor of Imp rial Tob ceo
of India; and Vice President,
Tobacco of the Brazilian Sub­
sidiary (Souza Cruz). He b -
came a m mber of the BAT
board in 1977. P tchard has
also ser ed as Chairman of BAT
(U.K. & Export) Limited, and
o puty Chairman of BAT Co.
PETER ALAN RINFRET,
Officer, Rinfret ASSOCiates, ew
York City. Prior to becoming
an officer of the firm, Mr.
Rinfret was an Associate
�ttorney in the law firm Vinson
and Elkins of Houston, TX.
Additionally, Mr. Rinfret was a
Special Assistant to the national
Campaign Director of the Con­
nally for President Campaign
Committee, and a White House
Intern (Summer 1978) in the
Office of Ambassador Robert S.
Strauss and a Legislative Aide
in the Office of Sen. Orrin G.
Hatch of Utah. He holds a
Doctor of Jurisprudence from
the University of Texas Law
School (Austin 1983), and a
BA d gree in International
Political Science from the Uni­
versity of Pennsylvania.
DANIEL L. RITCHIE, Chair-
man and Chief Executive
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Offic r, Westinghouse Broadcast­
ing and Cable, Inc. (Group W),
New York City. r. Ritchl
serves on th sev n-memb r
management committee, the
policy-making body of the
par nt company, Westinghouse
Electric Corporation. In his
pr sent post, Mr. Ritchi ov r-
s the operation of Group
W's five own d and op rated
VHF-TV stations, six AM and
five FM radio stations and
Group W Cable, comprised of
135 systems serviCing more than
two million subscribers. Prior
to being named Chairman, Mr.
Ritchie served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the
company from 1979 to 1981.
H joined the company in 1974.
JOHN L. SIMS, Vice Presi­
dent, Personnel/Administration,
Digital Equipment Corporation,
Maynard, MA. Mr. Sims directs
the management of th com­
pany's personnel and admini­
strative functions worldwide.
He has been with Digital since
1974, when he was Corporate
Manag r, EEO and Affirmativ
Action and was then promoted
to Director, Personnel for Manu­
facturing (1 75). He was
Director of Employee Relations
in 1979 and promoted to
Corporate Staff Manager in
1981. In 1984, he was named
Vice President, Personnel.
Confab boos s Blac
The ational Black Leader­
ship Family concluded that
from August until 0 ember
ten states would be targeted
for voter concentration,
education and registration;
Alabama, California, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mis ouri, e
York, orth Carolina and
Pennsylvania. Tuc er aid
these states were chosen
becaus their Blac voting age
population has the po ential of
becoming the decisive factor in
the election of candidates.
Special emphasis ould be
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campaigns
placed on three Congressional
races; Faye William t from the
eighth district in Loui iana,
ichael Espy, the econd
district in Mississippi and
Robert Scott of the fir t
district in Virginia.
"In the e states the Blac
vote can rna e a difference '
Tucker aid.
Tactics decid d upon to get
people to the poll , includ d
the u e of radio and televi ion
public ervice announcements,
commentaries in Blac
newspapers, ne sletters and
press releases.
born Blac and that is what
this meeting is all
about-Black i ues."
According to research
g hered by the Joint Center
for Political Studies. in Wash­
ington D.C., many elections
have been won by a margin of
five percent or Ie , making
the BI vote key in clo e
senatorial races in com­
munities where Blacks rna e
up more than five percent of a
state's total voting age popula­
tion. In 1980. almost half the
seats up for election ere won
by less than five percent.