[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive Nominations Confirmed by the Senate June 4, 1996:


                          department of labor

       Pascal D. Forgione, Jr., of Delaware, to be Commissioner of 
     Education Statistics for a term expiring June 21, 1999.


                          department of state

       Lawrence Neal Benedict, of California, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Cape Verde.
       The following-named Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
     Service, Class of Career Minister, for the personal rank of 
     Career Ambassador in recognition of especially distinguished 
     service over a sustained period:
J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania

       Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Mauritius and to serve 
     concurrently and without additional compensation as 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The 
     Comoros.
       Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of the Congo.
       Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Botswana.
       David H. Shinn, of Washington, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Ethiopia.


                     African Development Foundation

       Ernest G. Green, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development 
     Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2001.
       Henry McKoy, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term 
     expiring February 9, 2002.


       united states international development cooperation agency

       Lottie Lee Shackelford, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 1998.


           national foundation on the arts and the humanities

       Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman, of New York, to be a Member of 
     the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring 
     September 3, 2000.
       Terry Evans, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National 
     Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2000.
       The above nominations were approved subject to the 
     nominees' commitment to respond to requests to appear and 
     testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
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