[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[May 28, 1992]
[Page 839]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton To Be an Assistant Secretary 
of State

May 28, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Anthony 
Cecil Eden Quainton, of the District of Columbia, a career member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security. He would succeed Sheldon J. 
Krys.
    Since 1989, Ambassador Quainton has served as U.S. Ambassador to the 
Republic of Peru. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Inspector General 
of the Department of State, 1987-89; U.S. Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait, 1984-87; and as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, 
1982-84. Ambassador Quainton has also served as Director of the Office 
for Combatting Terrorism at the Department of State, 1978-81.
    Ambassador Quainton graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1955) 
and Oxford University (B.Litt., 1958). He was born April 4, 1934, in 
Seattle, WA. Ambassador Quainton is married, has three children, and 
resides in Washington, DC.