Network Bulletin No. 98-60

Date: November 6, 1998

Subject: Ritchie Geisel Named as New President of the
Crippled Children's Society of Southern California

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Ritchie Geisel Named As New President Of The Crippled
Children's Society Of Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Crippled Children's
Society of Southern California today announced that Ritchie
Geisel, formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic in Princeton, NJ, has
been appointed as the new President of the organization.

Geisel, who assumes his new post November 6, replaces
Marilyn Graves, who is retiring after more than 45 years
with CCS.  She has been the organization's Chief Executive
Officer since 1979.  Also retiring after a long career with
CCS is Dr. Katherine Schlottman, the agency's Vice
President.

"The Crippled Children's Society is extremely fortunate to
have recruited such a talented, compassionate and
enthusiastic individual to guide the organization into the
21st century," said Andrew C. Peterson, Chairman of the
Board of Directors.  "We are confident that Mr. Geisel will
help take the Society to a new level of service to those we
serve in the disabled community," Peterson added.

Geisel has been with RFB&D since 1989.  As President, he was
responsible for over- seeing all administrative and
operational aspects of the organization, including
supervising a paid staff of 250 and approximately 4,500
volunteers at 31 recording studios throughout the nation.
He also led a successful five-year, $30 million fund-raising
campaign, and doubled the number of recorded and
computerized books the organization makes available on loan.

Geisel was also responsible for developing partnerships with
publishers, software developers, government agencies,
funding sources and other groups serving the disabled.  Most
recently, he helped develop a new digital book service and
was in process of planning RFB&D's 50th anniversary
campaign.

Prior to joining RFB&D, Geisel held a variety of
development-related positions, including Vice President for
Development at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center, and
Director of Major Gifts at Princeton University, where he
spearheaded a $43 million fund-raising campaign.  From
1986-90, he served part-time as President of Princeton
Financial Development Consultants, which provided
professional management and fundraising counsel to nonprofit
organizations.

Geisel graduated cum laude from Princeton, where he majored
in American and Russian History, and earned a Master's
degree in business from Stanford University.  Married with
two children, he enjoys music, golf and distance running.
He qualified for and competed in the 1972 Olympic Marathon
trials.

Founded in 1926, the Crippled Children's Society is one of
Southern California's largest and oldest voluntary service
organizations.  Serving people of all ages with physical and
developmental disabilities, the Society provides thousands
of persons with a wide variety of therapeutic, vocational,
recreational, residential and social service programs.

Source:  Crippled Children's Society of Southern California