    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [February 20, 1991]
    [Page 160]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Michael T.F. Pistor To Be United States Ambassador to
    Malawi
    February 20, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael T.F.
    Pistor, of Arizona, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    to Malawi. He would succeed George A. Trail III.
        Since 1988 Mr. Pistor has served as Counselor of the U.S.
    Information Agency in Washington, DC. Mr. Pistor has served in the
    Office of North African, Near Eastern, and South Asian Affairs at USIA
    in Washington, DC, in several capacities: Director, 1986-1988; Assistant
    Director, 1971-1973; and Deputy Assistant Director, 1970-1971. He has
    also served as Acting Deputy Associate Director for the Bureau of
    Programs at USIA, 1986; as the Director of Press and Publications at
    USIA, 1985; and as a Murrow fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and
    Diplomacy at Tufts University, 1984-1985. Prior to this, Mr. Pistor
    served as a public affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi,
    India, 1980-1984; Director of Congressional and Public Liaison at USIA
    in Washington, DC, 1977-1980; and public affairs officer at the U.S.
    Embassy in London, England, 1973-1977. In addition, Dr. Pistor has
    served as an officer of African affairs at USIA, 1969-1970; as student
    affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in London, England, 1964-1969; and
    as branch public affairs officer at the American consulate in Douala,
    Cameroon, 1962-1964. Mr. Pistor served as a junior officer trainee at
    the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda, 1961, and in Tehran, Iran, 1960.
    Mr. Pistor has served with Car Life Magazine as an editor, 1957-1959;
    and as an associate editor, 1956-1957. From 1955 to 1956, Mr. Pistor
    served as a writer and announcer for KCNA and KTKT in Tucson, AZ.
        Mr. Pistor graduated from the University of Arizona (B.A., 1955). He
    served in the U.S. Army, 1952-1954. Mr. Pistor was born April 29, 1930,
    in Portland, OR. Mr. Pistor is married, has two children, and resides in
    Washington, DC.