1979 World Administrative Radio Conference Accordance of Personal Rank of Ambassador to Glen O. Robinson, Chairman of the U.S. Delegation.

The President today announced that he has accorded Glen O. Robinson the personal rank of Ambassador while he serves as Chairman of the United States Delegation to the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference. The Conference is scheduled to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 24 through November 30, 1979.

Robinson was a professor of law at the University of Virginia and the Aspen Institute in New York City before becoming Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to this Conference. He was a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission from 1974 to 1976.