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UPDATED FOR RELEASE:
Feb. 3, 1999

Contact: Michael E. Newman 
                (301) 975-3025

              


Media Advisory

President Clinton to Present Baldrige Quality Award
to Three Companies on Feb. 4

 

President Clinton will present the 1998 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to three U.S. companies for their outstanding achievements in quality and business excellence. The companies are: Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs, Long Beach, Calif.; Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, Calif.; and Texas Nameplate Co. Inc., Dallas, Texas.

Reporters are invited to attend the ceremony as well as to schedule one-on-one interviews with company executives and others.

 

Date: Thursday, Feb. 4, 1999

 

Place: Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel, 1000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
-- directly across from the Washington Convention Center
-- underground access from the Metro Center subway stop

 

Events:       

    NEW INFO

    9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. One-on-One Interviews - Reporters can schedule interviews (in 15-minute blocks) during a one-hour period with one or more companies by calling Michael Newman (see above) by 5 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999.

    NEW INFO

    11:10 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Ceremony - The doors to the ceremony will open at 9:45 and close at 10:50.

    Reporters must check in at the "Media" table, located near the Independence Ballroom A, to be escorted to interviews and into the ceremony. Credentials (news media badge with photo or a photo ID with a business card) must be presented to enter the ceremony.

     

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