[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[July 17, 1992]
[Page 1128]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Harriet Winsar Isom To Be United States Ambassador to 
Cameroon

July 17, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Harriet 
Winsar Isom, of Oregon, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Cameroon. She would succeed Frances D. Cook.
    Since 1989, Ambassador Isom has served as Ambassador to the Republic 
of Benin. She has also served as Charge d'Affaires at the American 
Embassy in Vientiane, Laos, 1986-89; Director of Korean Affairs at the 
State Department, 1984-86; senior assignments officer with the Bureau of 
Personnel at the State Department, 1982-84; a participant in the senior 
seminar at the State Department, 1981-82; political counselor at the 
American Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, 1978-81; and consul of the 
American consulate in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1977-78.
    Ambassador Isom graduated from Mills College (B.A., 1958) and 
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D., 1960). She was born 
November 4, 1936, in Heppner, OR. Ambassador Isom currently resides in 
Echo, OR.