A former governor who was a presidential-nominee candidate for the Reform Party in 1996, a former member of Congress who chaired the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, and a former candidate for the U.S. Senate are among the fellows joining the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government.

The fellows, who lead study groups, participate in informal discussions with students, and attend classes and lectures will be in residence for the fall semester.

William E. Buzenberg, recent vice president, News and Information for National Public Radio (1978-1997); Richard Lamm, governor of Colorado (1975-1987); William Clinger, former U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania; Lana Pollack, president of the Michigan Environmental Council; Thaddeus Garrett Jr., chairman of the board of trustees, Howard University; and Ricki Seidman, former executive director of Rock the Vote and former communications director for the 1992 Clinton campaign "War Room."

Stanley K. Sheinbaum, publisher of New Perspectives Quarterly, former co-chair of the board of trustees for the International Center for Peace in the Middle East, and former regent at the University of California (1977-1989), has been named an associate fellow.

"This class of fellows offers a diverse range of opinions, backgrounds, experience, and viewpoints. Over the course of the semester, they will both individually and collectively bridge the divide between political theory and practice for our students," said IOP Director Philip Sharp. "Our students have a chance to rub shoulders with practitioners who have lived and breathed what the textbooks do and don't tell them."

The fellows are:

William E. Buzenberg has served as vice president of News and Information at National Public Radio, where he developed Talk of the Nation and Weekly Edition. Buzenberg's 17-year tenure at NPR included assignments as managing editor for NPR News, senior editor for the London bureau, and foreign affairs correspondent in Washington. His newspaper career included the job of city editor at the Colorado Springs Sun. He volunteered for the Peace Corps in La Paz, Bolivia, from 1968 to 1970. He has a B.A. from Kansas State University.

William Clinger most recently served as a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania's 5th district from 1978 to 1997. He was chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, vice chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and chairman of the House Wednesday Group. He was vice chairman for the Pennsylvania Bush for President Committee in 1988 and co-chairman for the same committee in 1980. He received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and an L.L.B. from the University of Virginia.

Richard Lamm was a candidate for the presidential nomination for the Reform Party in the 1996 election. A three-term governor for Colorado (1975-1987), he also held the chairmanship of the Western Governors' Association. Lamm was a Colorado state representative from 1966 to 1974, and has written on many policy issues, including immigration, health care reform, and the environment. Lamm received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and his L.L.B is from the University of California.

Lana Pollack is president of the Michigan Environmental Council. In 1994, she was a candidate in the Michigan Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate and in 1988 was a Democratic primary congressional candidate. As a Michigan state senator from 1983 to 1994, Pollack was a member of the Appropriations, Finance, Education and Criminal Justice and Urban Affairs Committees. A leading advocate for the environment, she was the architect of Michigan's landmark "polluter pay" legislation. Pollack was the publisher of Michigan Monthly and has served as a consultant for National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Pollack holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Michigan.

Thaddeus Garrett Jr. is chairman of the board of trustees of Howard University. In 1988, he was special adviser to President Bush and was an assistant to Vice President Bush for domestic policy from 1980 to 1983. He served as vice president for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting in 1977 and was special assistant to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller for urban policy in 1975. In 1976, Garrett was appointed commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, becoming the youngest federal commissioner in the country. Garrett is also an ordained minister in the Methodist Church. He is a graduate of the University of Akron.

Ricki Seidman is the former executive director of Rock the Vote. From 1993 to 1994 she was assistant to the President, director of scheduling and advance, and served as the White House deputy communications director. She was the Clinton-Gore campaign's deputy communications director in 1992, where she was in charge of communications for the "War Room." She was also on the Clinton-Gore Presidential Campaign and Transition teams. Prior to her White House service, Seidman was the chief investigator for the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and legal director for People for the American Way. Seidman holds a B.A. from Miami University and a J.D. from the University of Georgia.

Associate Fellow Stanley Sheinbaum has been publisher of New Perspectives Quarterly since 1985. He is on the board of directors of numerous organizations, including Human Rights Watch, the Bill of Rights Foundation, and the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, and he is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations in New York. He recently served as co-chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Center for Peace in the Middle East (1982-1993); president of the Board of Police Commissioners for the City of Los Angeles (1991-1992); and regent of the University of California from 1977 to 1989. He has an A.B. from Stanford University.

For additional information about the Institute of Politics, visit the Web site at http://www.ksg.harvard.edu.