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Appointments

May 03, 1995 2 min read
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In the Schools

Bruce H. Begin, director of development, Proctor Academy, Andover, N.H., to assistant head for advancement, New Hampton School, New Hampton, N.H.

Rose Hagan, principal, Academy of the Sacred Heart High School, New Orleans, to head of school, Friends Select School, Philadelphia.

Mark B. Perkins, dean of students, Holderness School, Plymouth, N.H., to headmaster, the Forman School, Litchfield, Conn.

In the Associations

Dianne Locker, year-round program specialist, Orange County, Fla., schools, to president, National Association for Year-Round Education, San Diego.

David Pocock, former associate professor of music, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich., to director of education, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia

Other Appointments

Patricia Free Brett, director, community outreach and leadership development, Quality Education for Minorities Network, Washington, D.C., to executive director, New Haven Public Educators Fund Inc., New Haven, Conn.

Glen Harvey, acting executive director, the Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast and Islands, Andover, Mass., to executive director.

Linda M. Kahn, senior vice president, international program sales, Nickelodeon, to senior vice president, programming and distribution, Scholastic Productions Inc., New York City.

William E. Lavinghousez, associate director of education and technology, the Astronauts Memorial Foundation Center for Space Education, Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to director of education.

Richard Murphy, commissioner, Department of Youth Services, New York City, to director, Center for Youth Development and Policy Research, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C.

Daniel J. Porter, president, Teach for America, New York City, to executive director, Cities in Schools, New York City.

The U.S. Senate has appointed seven members of the National Council on Disability. They are:

Yerker Andersson, professor and coordinator of American Sign Language/Deaf Studies, Galludet University, Washington, D.C.

John A. Gannon, vice chairperson, National Council on Disability, Cleveland.

Ela-Yazzie King, regional team coordinator, Indian Children’s Program, St. Michaels, Ariz.

Audrey McCrimon, director, Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services, Chicago.

Lillian R. Pollo, staff member, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Miami.

Debra Robinson, staff member, Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care, Philadelphia.

Rae E. Unzicker, president, Rae Unzicker Consulting, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Resignations and Retirements

Dale L. Grabinski, superintendent, West Des Moines Community School District, West Des Moines, Iowa.

A version of this article appeared in the May 03, 1995 edition of Education Week as Appointments

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