DATE:   12/31/98
EDITOR: Bill Baker, (864) 656-3875

Local Extension Agent Elected To National Office

     BERKELEY -- Frank FitzSimons, Clemson Extension agent
headquartered in Berkeley County, has been elected Secretary of
the National Association of County Agricultural Agents.
     FitzSimons was elected at the association's 83rd annual 
professional improvement conference held in San Antonio, Tex. In 
July. 
      He has previously served as national chairman and as
Southern Region vice chairman of the NACAA Public Relations
Committee. He has also served as president and vice president of
the South Carolina Association of County Agricultural Agents.
     The National Association of County Agricultural Agents
is an organization which promotes a nationwide effort to
facilitate excellence in Extension programming through high
standards of professional performance.
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