2 Quotes & Sayings By Preston W Long
Long is a successful businessman and former two-term mayor of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Long served in the U.S. Marine Corps and became interested in public service while assigned to the White House during the Reagan administration. Long served as a member of President Reagan's cabinet; he was appointed by Reagan to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
President Clinton then appointed Long as Ambassador to the Cayman Islands, and then as United States Ambassador to China, Hong Kong, and Macau. He was also instrumental in helping to bring the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta, Georgia, where he worked for more than two years.