[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 12, 1992]
[Pages 757-758]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Robert F. Goodwin To Be United States Ambassador to New 
Zealand and Western Samoa

May 12, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert F. 
Goodwin, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to New Zealand and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
Western Samoa. He would succeed Della M.

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Newman.
    From 1977 to 1991, Mr. Goodwin served as staff vice president and 
director of governmental affairs at the Meredith Corp. in Washington, 
DC. In addition, he has served as a U.S. Commissioner on the 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 1990 to 
present.
    Mr. Goodwin graduated from Northwestern University (B.S., 1958). He 
was born August 11, 1936, in Des Moines, IA. Mr. Goodwin served in the 
U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1959-65. He is married, has three children, and 
resides in Bethesda, MD.