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



Nomination of David J. Dunford To Be United States Ambassador to Oman

May 12, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate David J. 
Dunford, of Arizona, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of the United States of America to the Sultanate of Oman. He would 
succeed Richard Wood Boehm.
    Since 1988, Mr. Dunford has served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the 
U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Prior to this, he served as Office 
Director of the Office of Egyptian Affairs at the Bureau of Near East 
and South Asian Affairs at the Department of State, 1984-87.
    Mr. Dunford graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
(B.S., 1964) and Stanford University (M.A., 1965; M.A., 1976). He was 
born February 24, 1943, in Glen Ridge, NJ. Mr. Dunford is married, has 
two children, and resides in Tucson, AZ.