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ISU's Tahira Hira named to President Bush's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy

January 23, 2008

ISU's Tahira Hira named to President Bush's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy

Tahira Hira with President Bush, council

Tahira Hira (far right) stands with other members of President Bush's new financial literacy advisory council as they listen to the president announce their appointments. White House photo.

President Bush has enlisted an Iowa State University professor to help teach Americans to better manage their personal finances.

Contacts:

Tahira Hira, Human Development and Family Studies, 515 294-2042, tkhira@iastate.edu

Mike Ferlazzo, News Service, 515 294-8986, ferlazzo@iastate.edu

Cathy Curtis, College of Human Sciences, 515 294-8175, ccurtis@iastate.edu