MEDIA ADVISORY

        William A. McDonough, University of Virginia Architecture School 
dean and renowned environmental architect, will participate in 
"The White House Conference on Climate Change: The Challenge of Global 
Warming."  The all-day conference is being held Monday, Oct. 6 at Georgetown 
University in Washington, D.C.

        McDonough will participate with President Clinton, Vice President 
Gore, senior cabinet members and a few select leaders in business, industry, 
and academia to discuss topics that challenge the United States in relation 
to issues of global warming and climate change, the role of technology in 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, climate change policy and the U.S. 
economy as well as the country's role in the upcoming Kyoto Negotiations.

        The 1996 recipient of the Presidential Award for Sustainable 
Development, the nation's highest environmental award, McDonough is director 
of U.Va.'s Institute for Sustainable Design. He is the author of "The 
Hannover Principles/Design for Sustainability," commissioned by the
city of Hannover, Germany, as the official guide for all design of the 
World's Fair in 2000.

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                                                            October 2, 1997


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