[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 8, 1992]
[Page 735]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



[[Page 735]]

Nomination of William Graham Walker To Be United States Ambassador to 
Argentina

May 8, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate William 
Graham Walker, of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to Argentina. He 
would succeed Terence A. Todman.
    Ambassador Walker served as the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 
1988-92. Prior to this, he served at the Department of State as a Deputy 
Assistant Secretary in the Office of Inter-American Affairs 1985-88; 
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, 1982-84; 
and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, 
Honduras, 1980-82.
    Ambassador Walker graduated from the University of California at Los 
Angeles (B.A., 1960). He was born June 1, 1935, in Kearney, NJ. 
Ambassador Walker is married, has four children, and resides in 
Rockville, MD.