July 30, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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AMPAS Elects Two to Represent Doc Branch

Beverly Hills, CA - Michael Apted and Arthur Dong have been elected by the members of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join Frieda Lee Mock in representing them on the organization's Board of Governors.

The Board voted in June to grant the year-old Documentary Branch a full complement of three governors. When the Documentary Branch was created in January 2001 it was represented on the Academy's Board by a single governor, Mock, who was elected to a three-year term. A special election was conducted over the past two months to nominate and elect the two new governors.

Apted will serve a three-year term and Dong a one-year term. With two years to go on Mock's term, the branch is now positioned to elect or re-elect one governor each year, as does each of the other 13 branches.

The Board will meet in its new configuration with 42 members for the first time on August 8.