BORDER HEALTH: President Names Six to U.S.-Mexico Commission
President Clinton yesterday announced his intent to appoint six officials to the U.S. section of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, which is charged with finding ways to improve the health status of Americans living along the border. The appointees are: Dr. Rosemarie Marshall Johnson, vice speaker of the California Medical Association and University of California- San Diego professor; Amanda Aguire, executive director of the Western Arizona Area Health Education Center and a 15-year veteran of border health issues; Dr. Jeffrey Brandon, associate dean of New Mexico State University's College of Health and Social Services; Dr. Carlos Rene Gonzales, a rural family physician at the Patagonia Family Health Center; Dr. Laurence Nickey, former president of Paso Del Norte Health Foundation and former director of the El Paso City/County Health and Environmental District; and Dr. Paul Villas, executive director of University of Texas system's Texas-Mexico Border Health Office (White House release, 3/11).
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