Glickman Names Members and Alternates to American Egg Board
                                            Release No. 0252.99
                                                               
                                        Billy Cox, 202-720-8998
                                             billy.cox@USDA.gov
                                    Jerry Redding, 202-720-6959
                                         jerry.redding@USDA.gov
                                                               
GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES TO AMERICAN EGG BOARD
                                                               
     WASHINGTON, June 18, 1999 -- Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has
appointed eight members and eight alternates to the American Egg Board for the
1999-2000 term.  All members and alternates will serve 2-year terms.  The
board administers an egg research and promotion program authorized by the Egg
Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974.
     
     The board is composed of 18 members and 18 alternates representing six
regions.  The Secretary of Agriculture selects appointees from egg producers
nominated by organizations representing the egg industry.

     Reappointed members and alternates, by region, are:
     
          North Atlantic states -- Ronald E. Kreider, Manheim, Pa., member; Joseph
     H. Fortin, Lebanon, Conn., alternate; Kenneth S. Risser, Jetersville,
     Va., member; and Robert R. Hodges, Bear, Del., alternate.

     South Atlantic states -- Michael H. Bynum, Dover, Fla., member.

          East North Central states -- Victor A. Rigterink, Seymour, Ind., member;
     Timothy J. Weaver, Versailles, Ohio, member; Thomas E. Hertzfeld I,
     Waterville, Ohio, alternate.

          West North Central states -- Harold A. Sankey, Sheldon, Iowa, member;
     Chris G. Dixon, Breese, Ill., member; and Alfred J. Schimpf, Dousman,
     Wis., alternate.

     South Central states -- Rodney H. Bobo, Hope, Ark., member.

     Western states -- Gordon D. Satrum, Canby, Ore., member.

     Newly appointed alternates, by region, are:

     South Atlantic states -- John H. Hudson, Jr., Clarksville, Tenn,
alternate.

     East North Central states -- Scott C. Seger, Dubois, Ind., alternate.

     West North Central states -- Blair J. Van Zetten, Oskaloosa, Iowa,
alternate.

     South Central states -- Jerry E. Wells, Neosho, Mo., alternate.

     Western states   Dianna L. Stiebrs, Yelm, Wash., alternate.

     Membership terms on the board are staggered so that half of the
membership is appointed each year in order to provide continuity in policy.
     
     The program is funded entirely by a ten-cent per 30-dozen case
assessment on eggs marketed by producers with flocks of over 75,000 hens. 
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, an agency of the marketing and
regulatory programs mission area, monitors operations of the board.
     
     USDA's programs are open to all individuals without regard to race,
color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs,
sexual orientation, and marital or familial status.  USDA especially urges
women, minorities, and disabled individuals to participate, recognizing their
frequent under-representation on such public boards.  It is USDA's policy that
membership on industry-governed boards and committees accurately reflect the
diversity of individuals served by the programs.


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