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Founders

Margret McNamara Margaret Craig McNamara 
Founder and Children's Advocate

Her experiences tutoring children led Margaret McNamara to initiate the first RIF project on November 3, 1966, with book distributions in three Washington, D.C., elementary schools.

Founding Directors 

Loretta Barrett
Leo Beebe
William Boutwell
Jessica Catto
Samuel Ethridge
John Frantz
Carol Grossman
Charles Harris
Elizabeth Koontz
Charles Levy
Kathryn W. Lumley
Leonard Marks
Edward Meade, Jr.
Anne H. Richardson
Dr. S. Dillon Ripley
Lynda Johnson Robb
Alvin Talbot
Dian Verdugo
Ben Wattenberg
Arthur H. White

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