    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [January 30, 1991]
    [Page 85]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Nomination of Robert B. Zoellick To Be an Under Secretary of State
    January 30, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert B.
    Zoellick, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of State
    for Economic and Agricultural Affairs. He would succeed Richard Thomas
    McCormack. Mr. Zoellick will continue to serve as Counselor of the
    Department of State in Washington, DC.
        Since 1989 Mr. Zoellick has served as Counselor of the Department of
    State in Washington, DC. Prior to this Mr. Zoellick served on the State
    Department transition, 1988-1989. Mr. Zoellick also has served in
    several capacities at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC:
    Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and Executive Secretary,
    1988; Executive Secretary and Special Adviser to the Secretary, 1986-
    1987; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary
    for Financial Institutions Policy, 1985-1986; and Special Assistant to
    the Deputy Secretary, 1985. In addition, Mr. Zoellick has served as a
    law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
    Circuit, 1982-1983; as a staff assistant in the Office of the Assistant
    Attorney General in the Criminal Division at the Justice Department,
    1978-1979; and as a research assistant for the Council on Wage and Price
    Stability in the Executive Office of the President, 1975-1976.
        Mr. Zoellick graduated from Swarthmore College (B.A., 1975), Harvard
    University's Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P., 1981), and Harvard
    Law School (J.D., 1981). He was born July 25, 1953, in Evergreen Park,
    IL. Mr. Zoellick is married and resides in Washington, DC.