NEWS                                   September 5, 1996
   
                     
                                RUTH MILKMAN NAMED DEPUTY CHIEF OF INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
                  
        Ruth Milkman has been appointed Deputy Chief of the International Bureau,
   joining Bureau Chief Donald H. Gips and Deputy Bureau Chief Roderick K. Porter.
   
        Milkman is moving from the Office of the Chairman, where she has served as
   Chairman Reed E. Hundt's Senior Legal Advisor since May 1994.  Milkman has
   worked at the Federal Communications Commission since 1986, serving as Deputy
   Chief of the Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau,
   Special Assistant to the General Counsel, and Attorney-Advisor in the Policy and
   Program Planning Division.
   
        Milkman received a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1981. 
   She earned a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1985.  Milkman
   clerked for the Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
   Fourth Circuit.
   
        "Ruth did a terrific job as my senior legal advisor," said Chairman Reed E.
   Hundt.  "She provided wise counsel on wireless and other policy issues, as well as
   planning for the implementation of  the Telecommunications Act of 1996.   She is a
   great addition to the International Bureau as it meets the tremendous challenges of
   creating telecommunications policy for the global economy."
        
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