[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10716-S10717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate October 8, 1997:


                             The Judiciary

       Garr M. King, of Oregon, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
     District of Oregon vice Helen J. Frye, retired.
       Norman K. Moon, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for 
     the Western District of Virginia vice Jackson L. Kiser, 
     retired.


                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

       James Hudson Bailey, of Wisconsin, to be Deputy Director of 
     the Federal Emergency Management Agency, vice Harvey G. 
     Ryland, resigned.


                          Department of State

       Christopher C. Ashby, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
       James A. Larocco, 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 State of Kuwait.


            U.S International Development Cooperation Agency

       Mark Erwin, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for 
     a term expiring December 17, 1999, vice Gordon D. Giffin, 
     term expired.


                            Foreign Service

       The following-named Career Members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the Agency for International Development for 
     promotion in the Senior Foreign Service to the classes 
     indicated:
       Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Career Minister:
Carl H. Leonard, of Virginia

       Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Minister-Counselor:
Donald Bolyston Clark, of New Hampshire
Toni Christiansen-Wagner, of Colorado
Kathleen Dollar Hansen, of Virginia
Donald L. Pressley, of Virginia
Henry W. Reynolds, of Florida
John A. Tennant, of California

       The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service 
     of the Agency for International Development for promotion 
     into the Senior Foreign Service.
       Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Counselor:
Hilda Marie Arellano, of Texas

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Priscilla Del Bosque, of Oregon
Ronald D. Harvey, of Texas
Peter Benedict Lapera, of Florida
George E. Lewis, of Washington
Wayne R. Nilsestuen, of Maryland
Joy Riggs-Perla, of Virginia
David Livingstone Rhoad, of Virginia
F. Wayne Tate, of Virginia

       The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service 
     for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, and for 
     appointment as Consular Officers and Secretaries of the 
     Diplomatic Service, as indicated:
       Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Counselor:
Joanne T. Hale, of California


                          department of state

       Phyllis E. Oakley, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of State, vice Toby Trister Goti.
       Betty Eileen King, of Maryland, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during 
     her tenure of service as Representative of the United States 
     of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United 
     Nations.


                     social security administration

       Stanford G. Ross, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term 
     expiring September 30, 2002, vice William C. Brooks.


                             the judiciary

       Michael B. Thornton, of Virginia, to be a judge of the U.S. 
     Tax Court for a term of 15 years after he takes office, vice 
     Lapsley Walker Hamblem, Jr., retired.