[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.