The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, May 23, 1995                  TAG: 9505230326
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HATTERAS                           LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

FISHERMAN CHOSEN

A Dare County commercial fisherman has been elected vice chairman of the state Marine Fisheries Commission.

William A. Foster of Hatteras was chosen unanimously by the panel to succeed Michael Orbach, a Duke University professor who resigned from the board earlier this month.

JoAnn Burkholder, an N.C. State University professor, was nominated for the position but withdrew from consideration.

Foster was appointed to the panel in 1991. by CNB