[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[February 20, 1991]
[Page 160]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Michael T.F. Pistor To Be United States Ambassador to 
Malawi
February 20, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael T.F.
Pistor, of Arizona, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
to Malawi. He would succeed George A. Trail III.
    Since 1988 Mr. Pistor has served as Counselor of the U.S. 
Information Agency in Washington, DC. Mr. Pistor has served in the 
Office of North African, Near Eastern, and South Asian Affairs at USIA 
in Washington, DC, in several capacities: Director, 1986-1988; Assistant 
Director, 1971-1973; and Deputy Assistant Director, 1970-1971. He has 
also served as Acting Deputy Associate Director for the Bureau of 
Programs at USIA, 1986; as the Director of Press and Publications at 
USIA, 1985; and as a Murrow fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and 
Diplomacy at Tufts University, 1984-1985. Prior to this, Mr. Pistor 
served as a public affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, 
India, 1980-1984; Director of Congressional and Public Liaison at USIA 
in Washington, DC, 1977-1980; and public affairs officer at the U.S. 
Embassy in London, England, 1973-1977. In addition, Dr. Pistor has 
served as an officer of African affairs at USIA, 1969-1970; as student 
affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in London, England, 1964-1969; and 
as branch public affairs officer at the American consulate in Douala, 
Cameroon, 1962-1964. Mr. Pistor served as a junior officer trainee at 
the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda, 1961, and in Tehran, Iran, 1960. 
Mr. Pistor has served with Car Life Magazine as an editor, 1957-1959; 
and as an associate editor, 1956-1957. From 1955 to 1956, Mr. Pistor 
served as a writer and announcer for KCNA and KTKT in Tucson, AZ.
    Mr. Pistor graduated from the University of Arizona (B.A., 1955). He 
served in the U.S. Army, 1952-1954. Mr. Pistor was born April 29, 1930, 
in Portland, OR. Mr. Pistor is married, has two children, and resides in 
Washington, DC.