[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.