THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release October 13, 2000 PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES FLOYD ADAMS, JR. TO THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION The President today announced his intent to appoint Floyd Adams, Jr. as a member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The Honorable Floyd Adams, Jr., of Savannah, Georgia, now serves as Savannah,s 63rd Mayor. Before becoming Mayor in 1991, he was the first African-American elected to a citywide post when he was elected alderman-at-large on the City Council. Additionally, he has been the publisher of the Savannah Herald since 1984, and in 1997 was named the "Publisher of the Year" by the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Mayor Adams is a member of the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities, chairman of the Chief elected Officials of the Seacoast Workforce Development Board, a member of the United States Conference of Mayors and a member of the United States Conference of Black Mayors. In 1999, he was appointed by the Governor of Georgia to the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and to the Workforce Investment Board. Mayor Adams attended Armstrong State College in Savannah. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is an independent Federal agency, which was established in 1966 through the Historic Preservation Act. The Council advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation matters, assesses the effectiveness of state, local, and private programs in carrying out the purposes of the Act and makes recommendations on how to improve the National Historic Preservation Program. In addition, the Council reviews federally licensed projects that affect properties listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Its members are also responsible for issuing the President,s Historic Preservation Awards. 30-30-30
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