For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 30, 2001
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Roy
L. Austin to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ?Roy
Austin has extensive knowledge of the histories and cultures of
Caribbean nations. His longstanding ties to this region will
serve him well as the next U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago,?
said President Bush. Austin has been a member of the faculty at
Pennsylvania State University since 1972, and he is presently an
Associate Professor of Sociology, Justice and African American
Studies. From 1994 to 1998, Austin was the Director of the
Crime, Law and Justice program in the Department of Sociology. While
living in St. Vincent, West Indies, Mr. Austin was a secondary school
teacher and Customs Officer. He is the recipient of the
Theodore Johnson Memorial Award, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Certificate of Citizen Service and the Forum on Black Affairs
Humanitarian Award. Originally from St. Vincent, West
Indies, he received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and
both his Master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
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