[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[January 30, 1991]
[Page 85]
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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.