Designation of Dennis C. Goodman as United States Deputy Representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council

The President today announced his intention to designate Dennis C. Goodman to be Deputy Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. He would succeed Warren Clark, Jr.

Mr. Goodman was Deputy Chief of Mission in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1980-1982. Previously he served at the Department of State as political-economic officer (19791980) and economic-commercial officer (1977-1979) for Northern European Affairs. He was a departmental special assistant, Bureau of Oceans (interest environmental-scientific affairs), in 1976-1977. He served as economic-commercial officer in Madrid, Spain (1974-1976); economic-commercial officer in Reykjavik, Iceland (1971-1974); economic-commercial officer in Sydney, Australia (1971); and economic-commercial officer in Kingston, Jamaica (1968-1971).

He graduated from Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960) and Johns Hopkins University (M.A., 1967). He is married, has two children, and resides in Scarsdale, N.Y. He was born April 10, 1938.