THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, November 7, 1995 TAG: 9511070276
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A8 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
Longtime volunteer Gene Dyson will act as president of the American Red Cross while Elizabeth Dole takes a one-year leave to assist her husband's presidential campaign, the organization announced Monday.
Elizabeth Dole, wife of Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole, plans to return to the post at the end of her unpaid leave. If her husband wins, that would make her the first presidential spouse with a full-time job outside the White House.
Dyson of Atlanta has been a Red Cross volunteer for 20 years. He's a former vice chairman of the Red Cross Board of Governors and was co-chairman of the disaster relief campaign that raised $168 million for victims of Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta, Calif., earthquake. by CNB