September 3, 1998
                                
  ELDORIS JACKSON, CHAIRMAN KENNARD'S CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT, 
 BECOMES SENIOR LITIGATION SPECIALIST IN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL
                            COUNSEL

      Eldoris "Cricket" Jackson joins the office of General Counsel effective September 8 as
Senior Litigation Specialist.  She has served as Confidential Assistant to Chairman Kennard
since he was appointed in November 1997.  Prior to that she worked with him in the Office of
General Counsel.  

     Chairman Kennard said, "I am indebted to Cricket for her dedication and enormous
contribution to my first several months as Chairman.  She has proven herself to be a terrific
manager and organizer and I am proud that she will now become a Senior Litigation Specialist
in the Office of General Counsel, a well deserved promotion."

     General Counsel Christopher Wright said, "We are all delighted that Cricket has chosen
to return to our office.  Her extensive experience in OGC prior to her going to the Chairman's
Office will be a tremendous help to us.  Her background will make her an invaluable part of
OGC's increasingly busy operation.   Welcome back, Cricket."

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