[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[August 24, 1992]
[Page 1416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Appointment of Robert B. Zoellick as Deputy Chief of Staff to the 
President
August 24, 1992

    The President today announced the appointment of Robert B. Zoellick, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Chief of Staff to the 
President.
    Since 1991, Mr. Zoellick has served as Under Secretary of State for 
Economic and Agricultural Affairs and also as Counselor of the 
Department of State since 1989. Prior to this, Mr. Zoellick served on 
the State Department transition, 1988-89. Mr. Zoellick also has served 
in several capacities at the Department of the Treasury: Counselor to 
the Secretary of the Treasury and Executive Secretary, 1988; Executive 
Secretary and Special Advisor to the Secretary, 1986-87; Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy, 1985-86; Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy, 1985-86; 
and Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, 1985. In addition, Mr. 
Zoellick has served as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit, 1982-83; as a staff assistant in the 
Office of the Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division at the 
Department of Justice, 1978-79; and as a research assistant for the 
Council on Wage and Price Stability in the Executive Office of the 
President, 1975-76.
    Mr. Zoellick graduated from Swarthmore College (B.A., 1975), Harvard 
University's Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P., 1981), and Harvard 
Law School (J.D., 1981). He was born July 25, 1953, in Evergreen Park, 
IL. Mr. Zoellick is married and resides in Washington, DC.