Conference turris::scandia

550.0. "US Ambassador to Norway" by TLE::SAVAGE () Tue Aug 31 1993 16:56

    From: [email protected] (UPI)
    Newsgroups: clari.news.gov.international,clari.news.europe
    Subject: Ambassador to Norway nominated
    Date: Fri, 27 Aug 93 21:38:19 PDT
 
	WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The White House announced Friday President Clinton
will nominate former Wisconsin legislator Thomas A. Loftus as the U.S.
ambassador to Norway.
	Loftus is the director of WisKids Count and served in the Wisconsin
state legislature for 14 years including eight years as its speaker.
WisKids Count studies the status of children in Wisconsin. 
	Loftus also is a consultant with foundations who assist parliaments
in developing democracies, and lectures at Edgewood College in Madison,
Wis.
	While in the Wisconsin Assembly, Loftus served as the chairman of the
State Federal Assembly of the National Conference of State Legislatures
in 1987, and won national and international recognition for his passage
of a new child support system which was incorporated into federal law.
	His experience as speaker also included conducting a workshop on the
legislative institution in Budapest for the Hungarian Parliament, and
leading a four month training program for the staff of the Parliament of
Thailand. In 1990, Loftus was the Democratic nominee for governor in
Wisconsin.
	Loftus holds a masters in public policy from the University of
Wisconsin -- Madison, and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin --
Whitewater. 
	``I am pleased today to announce my intention to nominate Tom Loftus
as the ambassador to Norway,'' the president said. ``Tom will bring to
this position the same energy and commitment to public service that
characterized his leadership in the Wisconsin Assembly. He will
strengthen our already strong ties with the government of Norway, and
will serve this nation with pride.''