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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 08:51-0400
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Subject: Simpson Release of 9/4/93

 

                         THE WHITE HOUSE

                  Office of the Press Secretary

_________________________________________________________________

For Immediate Release                        September 4, 1993

          PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES SIMPSON COMMISSIONER 
    OF THE REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AT EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Clinton today announced his 
intention to nominate rehabilitation counselor Bobby Charles 
Simpson Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services 
Administration at the Department of Education.

     "Bobby Simpson has dedicated his life to helping people with 
disabilities and I am grateful that he has agreed to lend his 
commitment and experience to our Administration," the President 
said.

     Since 1989, Simpson has served as director of the Arkansas 
Division of Rehabilitation Services, responsible for planning and 
directing operation of rehabilitation programs statewide. From 
1985 - 89, Simpson served as a research and training coordinator 
in Arkansas' Region IV Rehabilitation Continuing Education 
Program in Hot Springs. Simpson was executive director of the 
Austin Resource Center for Independent Living in Austin, Texas 
from 1981 - 85 and earlier served as a rehabilitation instructor 
at Victoria College in Gonzales, Texas (1975-78). 

     Simpson earned a BA in Sociology from Hardin Simmons 
University in Abilene, Texas in 1973 and a MA in Rehabilitation 
Counseling from Texas Tech University in 1974. 

     The Rehabilitation Services Administration provides national 
leadership for, and administers, basic state and formula grant 
programs, service projects and coordinated programs that 
encourage vocational rehabilitation and independent living for 
individuals with handicaps. These programs seek to maximize 
handicapped persons' employability, independence and integration 
into the workplace community.

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