[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[September 21, 1992]
[Pages 1604-1605]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Marshall Fletcher McCallie To Be United States Ambassador 
to Namibia
September 21, 1992

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Marshall 
Fletcher McCallie, of Tennessee, a career member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Namibia. He would succeed Genta Hawkins 
Holmes.
    Since 1990, Mr. McCallie has served as Deputy Chief of Mission at 
the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. Prior to this, Mr. McCallie 
served in several positions with the U.S. Department of State, 
including Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Em- bassy in Lusaka, 
Zambia, 1988-90; Director

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of the Junior Officer Division with the Bureau of Personnel, 1986-88; 
Nigeria desk officer with the Bureau of African Affairs, 1984-86; 
political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, 1982-84; 
and economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi, 1979-82.
    Mr. McCallie graduated from Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1967) and 
the Fletcher School at Tufts University (M.A., and M.A.L.D., 1974). He 
served in the U.S. Air Force, 1967-71. He was born June 21, 1945, in 
Chattanooga, TN. Mr. McCallie is married, has two children, and resides 
in Washington, DC.