Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1986

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Author: Ronald W. Reagan  | Date: September 11, 1986

Nomination of James Wilson Rawlings To Be United States
Ambassador to Zimbabwe
September 11, 1986

The President today announced his intention to nominate James Wilson Rawlings, of Connecticut, as Ambassador to Zimbabwe. He would succeed David Charles Miller, Jr.

Mr. Rawlings worked part-time in legal research for the Utah attorney general’s office, while in law school, 1957-1958. In 1958 he became an associate in the New York City law firm of Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff. He remained there until 1960, when he joined Union Carbide Corp. Mr. Rawlings has served in the fob lowing positions with Union Carbide: counsel to the metals division, 1960-1966; counsel to Union Carbide Eastern, Inc., 1966-1969; vice president, finance for metals division, 1969-1972; vice president and general manager, mining operations for metals division, 1972-1978; vice chairman, Union Carbide Africa and Middle East, Inc., 1978-1979; and chairman and president, Union Carbide Southern Africa, Inc., 1979 to the present.

He graduated from Brigham Young University (B.A., 1955) and the University of Utah College of Law (J.D., 1958). Mr. Rawlings served as a United States Air Force fighter pilot, 1950-1954. He is married to the former Joan E. Berkhimer, and they have five children. Mr. Rawlings was born October 12, 1929, in Provo, UT.

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Chicago: Ronald W. Reagan, "Nomination of James Wilson Rawlings to Be United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe," Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1986 in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Ronald Reagan, 1986 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.1659 Original Sources, accessed April 26, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLJTG99IJ2GXJXP.

MLA: Reagan, Ronald W. "Nomination of James Wilson Rawlings to Be United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe." Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1986, in Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Ronald Reagan, 1986 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.1659, Original Sources. 26 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLJTG99IJ2GXJXP.

Harvard: Reagan, RW, 'Nomination of James Wilson Rawlings to Be United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe' in Public Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1986. cited in , Federal Register Division. National Archives and Records Service, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Ronald Reagan, 1986 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1956-), P.1659. Original Sources, retrieved 26 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GLJTG99IJ2GXJXP.