[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 8, 1992]
[Page 562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Donald K. Petterson To Be United States Ambassador to 
Sudan

April 8, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald K. 
Petterson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Sudan. 
He would succeed James Richard Cheek.
    Currently Ambassador Petterson is studying at the Foreign Service 
Institute in Arlington, VA. Prior to this, Ambassador Petterson has 
served as Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, 
1990-91; Director of the Liberia Task Force at the U.S. Department of 
State, 1990; and as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the 
Bureau of African Affairs, 1990. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to 
Tanzania, 1986-89; and the U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, 1978-82.
    Ambassador Petterson graduated from the University of California at 
Santa Barbara (B.A., 1956; M.A., 1960). He was born November 17, 1930, 
in Huntington Park, CA. Ambassador Petterson served in the U.S. Navy, 
1948-52. He is married, has four children, and resides in Washington, 
DC.