[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[March 13, 1991]
[Page 253]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Henry E. Catto To Be Director of the United States 
Information Agency
March 13, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Henry E. 
Catto, of Texas, to be Director of the United States Information Agency. 
He would succeed Bruce S. Gelb.
    Currently Ambassador Catto serves as Ambassador of the United States 
to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Prior to 
this, Ambassador Catto served as a partner with Catto & Catto in San 
Antonio, TX, 1959-1989; and as vice chairman with H & C Communications, 
Inc., in Houston, TX, 1983-1989. Ambassador Catto has also served as 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Defense, 
1981-1983. From 1977 to 1981, he was self-employed with the DBS IBIS 
Corp. in Washington, DC. He served as a Representative of the U.S. of 
America to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, 
Switzerland, 1976-1977, and as Chief of Protocol for the White House and 
the Department of State, 1974-1976. Ambassador Catto served as the U.S. 
Ambassador to El Salvador 1971-1973, and as Deputy Representative to the 
Organization of American States, 1969-1971.
    Ambassador Catto graduated from Williams College (B.A., 1952). He 
was born December 6, 1930, in Dallas, TX. Ambassador Catto is married, 
has four children, and currently resides in London, England.