
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, June 11, 1993                   TAG: 9306110080
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

GERGEN QUITS ALL-MALE CLUB

In an abrupt reversal, new presidential counselor David Gergen is resigning from the secretive, all-male Bohemian Club, the White House announced Thursday.

Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers insisted the move had nothing to do with the recent controversy over Gergen's membership in the exclusive club, drawing a barrage of skeptical questions at the daily White House briefing.

Myers said Gergen was resigning from all boards, commissions, organizations and social groups to which he belongs "in keeping with White House tradition."

She said many White House staff members drop out of all organizations "to avoid even the appearance of impropriety in the future."

Gergen's membership in the all-male club had been a point of controversy since his first day on the job Monday, when he insisted "I have no intentions to resign."

Myers, however, said Gergen had always intended to review his memberships in various organizations.

by CNB