    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [May 15, 1991]
    [Page 517]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination of Morris D. Busby To Be United States Ambassador to Colombia
    May 15, 1991

        The President announced his intention to nominate Morris D. Busby,
    of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Colombia. He would succeed
    Thomas Edmund McNamara.
        Since 1989 Ambassador Busby has served as coordinator for
    counterterrorism with the rank of Ambassador at the Department of State
    in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served at the Department of State
    as a special envoy for Central America, 1988-1989; Principal Deputy
    Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1987-1988; and
    Director of the Nicaraguan Coordination Office, 1987. Ambassador Busby
    served as deputy chief of mission at the United States Embassy in Mexico
    City, Mexico, 1984-1987; and as an Alternate United States
    Representative to the Committee on Disarmament at the United States
    mission in Geneva, Switzerland, 1981-1984. In addition, he served at the
    Department of State as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans
    and Fisheries with the rank of Ambassador, 1980-1981, and Director of
    the Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs, 1975-1980.
        Ambassador Busby graduated from Marshall University (A.B., 1960) and
    George Washington University (M.S., 1971). He was born March 15, 1938,
    in Memphis, TN. Ambassador Busby served in the United States Navy, 1960-
    1975. Ambassador Busby is married, has two children, and resides in
    Arlington, VA.