[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 18, 1992]
[Pages 977-978]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Richard H. Solomon To Be United States Ambassador to the 
Philippines

June 18, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard H. 
Solomon, of Maryland, to be Ambassador of the United States of America 
to the Republic of the Philippines. He would succeed Frank G. Wisner.
    Since 1989, Dr. Solomon has served as Assistant Secretary of State 
for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State. He also 
served at the State Department as Director of the Policy Planning Staff, 
1986-89. From 1976 to 1986, Dr. Solomon served as head of the political 
science department at the Rand Corp. in Santa

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Monica, CA. He also served as a senior staff member for Asian Affairs 
with the National Security Council at the White House, 1971-76.
    Dr. Solomon graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
(S.B., 1960; Ph.D., 1966). He was born June 19, 1937, in Philadelphia, 
PA. Dr. Solomon is married, has three children, and resides in Bethesda, 
MD.