[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 19, 1992]
[Page 988]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of Edward J. Melanson, Jr., for the Personal Rank of 
Ambassador While Serving as Chief Negotiator for Defense and Space

June 19, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to appoint Edward J. 
Melanson, Jr., of Virginia, to be accorded the personal rank of 
Ambassador in his capacity as Chief Negotiator for Defense and Space.
    Since 1991 Mr. Melanson has served as Deputy Negotiator for Defense 
and Space for the U.S. Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Arms 
Negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. From 1989 to 1991, he served as 
Assistant for National Security in the Office of Presidential Personnel 
at the White House. Mr. Melanson served as senior defense adviser for 
the United States Delegation for the Nuclear and Space Arms Negotiations 
with the Soviet Union in Geneva, 1985-88. He served at the Department of 
Defense as Assistant for International Space Policy, 1982-85; Assistant 
for International Intelligence Policy, 1979-82; Defense Representative 
to the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Anti-Satellite Negotiations, 1978-79; and Assistant 
for International Negotiations Policy, 1975-78.
    Mr. Melanson graduated from Tufts University (B.A., 1967) and George 
Washington University (M.S., 1972). He served in the U.S. Navy, 1957-88. 
He was born December 14, 1935, in Stoneham, MA. Mr. Melanson is married, 
has two children, and resides in Springfield, VA.