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1994.02.10 : Appointment of Robyn Stone as DASPE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 Contact: HHS Press Office
Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994                        (202) 690-6343

     HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala has announced the appointment
of Robyn I. Stone of Bethesda, Md., as a deputy assistant secretary
for planning and evaluation in the Department of Health and Human
Services.

     In her new position, Stone will concentrate on developing and
coordinating policies across HHS to support people of all ages with
disabilities including children, working age adults and the
elderly.  She also is the department's point person for the long
term care portion of the president's health care reform plan.

     During February through May while on leave from her job with
Project HOPE, Stone served as chair of the Long-Term Care Work
Group of the White House Task Force on Health Care Reform.

     Before joining HHS, she had served since 1990 as senior
research director, Project HOPE, Center for Health Affairs.  In
1989-1990, on loan from HHS' Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research (until December 1989 the National Center for Health
Services Research), she was a research analyst for the U.S.
Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (the Pepper
Commission).  

     Stone is a native of Baltimore, Md.  She received her
bachelor's degree in urban affairs from the University of
Pennsylvania, 1972; master's in public administration, University 
of Pittsburgh, 1978; and a doctorate in public health, University 
of California at Berkeley, 1985.

     Since 1986, she has served as a consultant to a number of
organizations involved with the elderly and long-term care issues. 

     Stone has written extensively.  Her areas of special interest
include health and long-term care for the elderly and disabled,
family caregiving for the disabled and income security for older
women.

     Her professional affiliations include the American Public
Health Association; Gerontology Society of America; National
Council on Aging; and the Association of Social Sciences and
Health.