    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [January 30, 1991]
    [Page 84]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Katherine Shirley To Be United States Ambassador to
    Senegal
    January 30, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Katherine
    Shirley, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    of the United States of America to the Republic of Senegal. She would
    succeed George Edward Moose.
        Since 1989 Ms. Shirley has served as Associate Coordinator for
    Counter-Terrorism at the Department of State. Prior to this she served
    as consul general at the U.S. consulate general in Palermo, Italy, 1986-
    1989; and visiting fellow at the Center for Foreign Policy Development
    at Brown University in Providence, RI, 1983-1984. In addition, Ms.
    Shirley served with the Department of State as Director of the
    Secretariat Staff, 1981-1983, and as a management analyst for Management
    Operations, 1980-1981. She served as political officer at the U.S.
    Embassy in Rome, Italy, 1977-1980. Ms. Shirley also served as a desk
    officer for Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg for the Bureau of
    European Affairs at the Department of State, 1974-1977. Ms. Shirley was
    a staff assistant for the Bureau of European Affairs at the Department
    of State, 1972-1974; as a consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in
    Warsaw, Poland, 1971-1972; an analyst for United Kingdom affairs for the
    Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the Department of State, 1968-
    1970; and vice consul at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, 1966-
    1968.
        Ms. Shirley graduated from Wellesley College (B.A., 1964) and the
    Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (M.A., 1965). She
    was born August 18, 1942, in Chicago, IL. Ms. Shirley is married and
    resides in McLean, VA.