FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 27, 1996
Lowry names Billy Frank to Evergreen
State College Board of Trustees
OLYMPIA - Gov. Mike Lowry today
named Bill Frank, Jr. to a position on The Evergreen State College
Board of Trustees. Frank is a gill net fisherman and chairman
of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
"Billy Frank has had ties to Evergreen since the early '70s,
and has been dedicated to the state for much longer than that,"
Lowry said. "His lifelong experience fighting for natural
resources management and negotiating public policy will be a valuable
asset to the board."
Frank, 65, has been the key representative for 20 Western Washington
Indian tribes on national and international fisheries issues since
1981. He also was fisheries manager for the Nisqually Indian
Tribe from 1975 to 1988. He became involved with Evergreen College
when former President Dan Evans invited him to lecture at the
school. Frank was involved in the establishment of the Evergreen
Longhouse, a campus facility designed like a traditional longhouse
that serves as a cultural beacon as well as a community gathering
place.
Frank is a commissioner to the State Centennial Commission, an
advisor to the Salmon Advisory Panel of the Pacific Fisheries
Management Council, and serves on the Governor's 2010 Environmental
Protection Advisory Committee. He replaces Edward Kelly, who passed
away in March. Frank will serve a six-year term on the seven-member
board.
For more information, contact the Governor's Communications Office
at 360-753-6790.