For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 9, 2001
Nomination
President Bush to Nominate One Individual and Appoint Five Individuals to Serve in his Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one
individual and appoint five individuals to serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate Don Q. Washington to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, the Republic of Nauru, the
Kingdom of Tonga and Tuvalu. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Washington has been Counselor for Public Affairs at
the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia. He served as
Deputy Public Affairs Officer in Seoul from 1995 to 1998 and as
Cultural Affairs Officer in Jakarta from 1989 to 1993. Washington has
completed numerous assignments overseas and in Washington, D.C.
including service as Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer in Seoul and
Chief of the American Studies Branch in Washington. He is a
graduate of Whittier College.
The President intends to appoint Jeannemarie Arajona Devolites of
Virginia, to be a Director of the Board of Directors for the Student
Loan Marketing Association.
The President intends to appoint Mary Jane Fate of Alaska, to be
the Indigenous Representative to the Arctic Research Commission for the
remainder of a term expiring February 26, 2005.
The President intends to appoint Louis Mead Treadwell of Alaska to
be the Academic Representative to the Arctic Research Commission for a
term of four years.
The President intends to appoint Manuel J. Justiz of Texas to be a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal National Mortgage
Association.
The President intends to appoint Edward G. Lewis of Colorado to be
a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Veterans Business
Development Corporation for a term of four years.
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