    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [April 18, 1991]
    [Page 407]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Nomination of William Harrison Courtney To Be United States Commissioner
    for the Bilateral Consultative Commission and the Joint Consultative
    Commission
    April 18, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate William
    Harrison Courtney, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class
    of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
    U.S. Commissioner for the Bilateral Consultative Commission and the
    Joint Consultative Commission established by the Threshold Test Ban
    Treaty (TTBT) and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty (PNET).
        Dr. Courtney is currently Deputy U.S. Negotiator for U.S.-Soviet
    Defense and Space Talks at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland.
    Prior to this he was Deputy Executive Secretary for the National
    Security Council at the White House, 1987.
        Dr. Courtney graduated from West Virginia University, receiving a
    bachelor of arts degree, and Brown University, receiving a doctoral
    degree in economics. He was born July 18, 1944, in Baltimore, MD. Dr.
    Courtney is married, has two children, and resides in Geneva,
    Switzerland.