The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, May 10, 1995                TAG: 9505100553
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
TYPE: Local Briefs 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                         LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

LANCASTER TO BE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER

President Clinton recently appointed former N.C. 3rd District Congressman H. Martin Lancaster as special adviser to the president on chemical weapons.

As a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995, Lancaster served on the Arms Control Observer Group and chaired the Chemical Weapons Working Group. He also was a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee.

He received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina and a law degree from the UNC School of Law. by CNB