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Article: President Clinton Appoints 9 Members to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 17, 1994
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WASHINGTON, June 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Clinton today
appointed nine members to the United States Holocaust Memorial
Council. The council was established in 1979 to provide for the
annual commemoration of the Days of Remembrance and to construct and
operate a permanent living memorial museum to the victims of the
Holocaust.
The Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated on April 22, 1993.
Brief bios on the members appointed today follow:
BENJAMIN MEED of New York
Mr. Meed is a Principal founder and President of the American
Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. He is also a founding
member of United States Holocaust Survivors and the United States
Holocaust Memorial Council. He ...