[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 20, 1992]
[Page 618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of William Lacy Swing To Be United States Ambassador to 
Nigeria

April 20, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate William Lacy 
Swing, of North Carolina, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic 
of Nigeria. He would succeed Lannon Walker.
    Since 1989, Ambassador Swing has served as U.S. Ambassador to the 
Republic of South Africa. Prior to this, he served at the U.S. 
Department of State as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Personnel, 1987-89, and as Director of the Office of Foreign Service 
Career Development and Assignments, 1985-87. In addition, Ambassador 
Swing has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, 1981-85, 
and the People's Republic of the Congo, 1979-81.
    Ambassador Swing graduated from Catawba College (B.A., 1956) and 
Yale University (M. Div., 1960). He was born September 11, 1934, in 
Lexington, NC. Ambassador Swing has one child and resides in Pretoria, 
South Africa.