[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]



Nomination of Patricia Diaz Dennis To Be an Assistant Secretary of State

June 19, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Patricia 
Diaz Dennis, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Human 
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. She would succeed Richard Schifter.
    Since 1991 Ms. Dennis has served as vice president for Government 
affairs for Sprint in Washington, DC. She has served as partner and 
chair of the communications section of the law firm of Jones, Day, 
Reavis & Pogue, 1989-91. From 1986 to 1989, she served as Commissioner 
of the Federal Communications Commission. She also served on the 
National Labor Relations Board from 1983 to 1986. Prior to that 
appointment Ms. Dennis served as an attorney with the American 
Broadcasting Company in Hollywood, CA, 1978-83.
    Ms. Dennis graduated from the University of California in Los 
Angeles (A.B., 1970) and Loyola University of Los Angeles School of Law 
(J.D., 1973). She was born October 2, 1946, in Santa Rita, NM. Ms. 
Dennis is married, has three children, and resides in McLean, VA.