[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[August 24, 1992]
[Page 1417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Appointment of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler as Assistant to the 
President for Communications
August 24, 1992

    The President today announced the appointment of Margaret 
DeBardeleben Tutwiler as Assistant to the President for Communications.
    Since 1989, Miss Tutwiler has served as Assistant Secretary of State 
for Public Affairs and Department Spokesman. Prior to this, Miss 
Tutwiler served as deputy to the chairman of the Bush-Quayle '88 
campaign and as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Public 
Liaison at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1985-88. Prior to her 
work at Treasury, Miss Tutwiler was a member of President Reagan's 
senior White House staff, serving as Deputy Assistant to the President 
for Political Affairs, 1984-85. Following President Reagans' reelection 
in 1984, Miss Tutwiler was Director of Public Liaison for the 50th 
American Presidential Inaugural; and from 1980 to 1984, Special 
Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the Chief of 
Staff. In 1985, Miss Tutwiler served as a member of the U.S. delegation 
to the 1985 World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of 
the United Nations Decade for Women in Nairobi, Kenya. She was also a 
member of the American Center for International Leadership's delegation 
from the United States to the Soviet Union in October of 1986.
    Miss Tutwiler was the public affairs representative for the National 
Association of Manufacturers in Alabama and Mississippi before joining 
Ambassador George Bush's Presidential campaign as director of scheduling 
in 1978. Following the Republican Convention in 1980, she continued as 
director of scheduling for Vice Presidential candidate Bush. She began 
her political career in 1974 with the Alabama Republican Party and from 
1975 to 1976 worked for President Gerald Ford's reelection campaign.
    Born in Birmingham, AL, on December 28, 1950, Miss Tutwiler attended 
Finch College and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1973.