Memorandum 

Date:  August 20,  1993  
To:  Senator Dole  
From:  Alexander Vachon  
Re:  Congratulations Note  to Mrs.  Margaret Hager  

I called Margaret Hager on Thursday to congratulate her on her appointment earlier this year to the U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ATBCB) (see attached article). Fritz Edmonds is also a member of ATBCB. I met Maggie when she was a member of the National Council on Disability. 

Maggie mentioned to me that she and her husband are longstanding friends of you and Mrs. Dole, and that "all Virginia" is looking forward to seeing you on Monday at the luncheon for George Allen in Richmond. 

I prepared a letter from you congratulating Mrs.Hager on her ATBCB appointment (attached). 





BOB DOLE 
UNITED STATES SENATE 
August 20, 1993 

Dear Maggie, 

Just a brief note to congratulate you on your appointment to the U.S. Architectural & Transportation Compliance Board. I know you bring enormous conunitment and real world experience to this important responsibility, and I look forward to working with you and seeking your good advice on many important issues affecting people with disabilities. 

If I or Dr. Alexander Vachon, my Legislative Assistant for Disability Policy, can be helpful in any respect, please let me know. 

Elizabeth sends her warmest regards as well to you and John. 

Sincerely,

BOB DOLE 


Mrs. Margaret Chase Hager 
4600 Sulgrave Road 
Richmond, VA 23221 




Access America The United States Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
1993, Number 1
An Official Publication 

Access Board Has Two New Members 

A New Yorker and a Virginian are the newest members of the Access Board. Appointed by President Bush before he left office in January, Anne M. Harding and Margaret C. Hager will each serve four-year terms ending in 1996. 

Active in New York City philanthropic fund raising and volunteer activities, Harding works with the Rainbow Bridges Foundation, Epilepsy Society. Junior League of New York City, Project Illiteracy, Chemo Care Committee, Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, National Head Injury Association, and the Mt. Sinai Hospital. She is a former board member of the Connecticut Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group. 

In March 1992 Harding testified in hearings at the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research in Bethesda, Maryland on behalf of the needs of people with traumatic head injuries. 

Formerly involved in economic, financial, and marketing analysis and research, Harding most recently was a senior financial planner with General Telephone and Electronics in Stamford, Connecticut. She holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Graduate School and a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University. She also studied international capital finance at Oxford University. 

Harding was recognized in Outstanding Young Women of America in 1979-80. 


From Richmond, Virginia, Margaret C. Hager is a member of the Richmond Mayor's Commission for the Disabled/Local Disability Services Board. She was a member of the National Council on Disability in Washington. D.C., from 1988 to 1992. 

Hager has spoken and written extensively on disability and has served on the Virginia Board for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities, the Virginia Employment Commission's "Project Placement" Advisory Committee, Very Special Arts Virginia, and the City of Richmond, Virginia, Office of Human Services Advocacy. She served with Project Concern in Kowloon, Hong Kong, in 1965. 

Also active in community service, Hager currently serves on the boards of the Commonwealth Girl Scout Council, the Richmond Eye and Ear Hospital. The Japan-Virginia Society, and the Jefferson Poplar Forest Fund, Richmond Region. She has served on the Junior Board of Children's Hospital. 

Professionally, Hager was assistant editor of museum publications for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, administrative assistant with the International Monetary Fund, Washington. D.C., and assistant director of training administration with the First National City Bank, New York. 

Hager received her BA degree from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. She also did graduate work in Asian studies at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.