For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 30, 2001
President George W. Bush Today Announced His Intention to Nominate Rockwell
A. Schnabel to be Representative of the United States of America to The European Union, with the Rank and Status of Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary. ?Rockwell Schnabel has extensive experience working
with European nations as an international financier, former official at
the U.S. Department of Commerce, and past diplomat. He will
be an excellent Representative of the United States to the E.U. at this
critical juncture in our relationship as we work together toward a new
global trade round and look to expand our relationship with Europe,?
said President Bush. Ambassador Schnabel is presently the Co-Chairman
of Trident Capital in Los Angeles, California. From 1989 to
1992, Schnabel served at the Department of Commerce, first as Under
Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, then as Acting Secretary
of Commerce and then as Deputy Secretary of Commerce. In
1986, Schnabel was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Finland, a post he
held until 1989. Schnabel was a Member of the Los Angeles
Olympic Committee, serving as the Envoy to the Netherlands for the 1984
Olympic Games. Schnabel is the recipient of the Medal of Honor given
by the Netherlands Olympic Commitee and the Gold Medal awarded by the
Dutch government, both given for work preformed for the 1984 Olympic
Games. In 1989, the President of Finland awarded him the Grand Cross of
the Order of the Lion of Finland, and he received the U.S. Department
of Commerce Gold Medal Award, the Department's highest
honor. Originally from the Netherlands, he is a graduate of
Trinity College in the Netherlands.
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