For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 12, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Freeman to be Ambassador of the United States to Belize
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
Russell F. Freeman to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the United States of America to Belize.
"Russ is a leader in the Fargo community and is experienced in economic
development, an important issue to Belize. He will make an
excellent representative of the United States," said President Bush.
Freeman is an attorney with Niles, Hansen and Davies in Fargo, North
Dakota, and works extensively with the Fargo Cass County Economic
Development Corporation. He is the former President of the
Fargo School Board as well as a Director of the Children's Village
Family Services Foundation. He served as a judge advocate in
the United States Army and is a graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa
and Northwestern University Law School.
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