[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[July 2, 1992]
[Page 1073]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Mary C. Pendleton To Be United States Ambassador to 
Moldova

July 2, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary C. 
Pendleton, of Virginia, a career member of the Foreign Service, class 
one, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Moldova.
    Since 1990, Ms. Pendleton has served as Director of the 
Administrative Training Division at the School of Professional Studies 
at the Foreign Service Institute. From 1989 to 1990, she was in senior 
training at the National Defense University Industrial College of the 
Armed Forces. Ms. Pendleton has served as a Foreign Service officer at 
the Department of State in several positions since 1975, including: 
administrative counselor at the American Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, 
1987-89; post management officer in the Bureau of European and Canadian 
Affairs, 1984-87; administrative officer at the American Embassy in 
Lusaka, Zambia, 1982-84; a visa officer and staff aide at the American 
Embassy in Manila, Philippines, 1978-79; and a general services officer 
at the American Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, 1976-77.
    Ms. Pendleton graduated from Spalding University (B.A., 1962) and 
Indiana University (M.A., 1969). She was born June 15, 1940, in 
Jefferson County, KY. Ms. Pendleton currently resides in Arlington, VA.