NALC PRESIDENT ELECTED
TO MDA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

TUCSON, Ariz., March 21, 2003 — William H. Young of Bowie, Md., has been elected to the national leadership of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Young was named to a one-year term as a national vice president of the voluntary health organization during MDA’s recent Board of Directors meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz. MDA vice presidents provide counsel in their areas of expertise and assist the Association through advocacy and staunch support of its lifesaving programs and activities.

Young was elected president of the Washington-based National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) last year, succeeding longtime president Vincent Sombrotto, who also served as a national MDA vice president. The NALC is one of MDA’s oldest national sponsoring organizations.

“MDA is privileged to benefit from Bill Young’s leadership and dedication," MDA President & CEO Robert Ross said. “His commitment to MDA’s mission has proved vitally important to our continued progress toward treatments and cures for neuromuscular diseases.”

MDA is working to defeat more than 40 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services, and far-reaching professional and public health education. MDA maintains 230 clinics nationwide, including clinics at the Children’s Hospital National Medical Center and at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington.