International Communication Agency Nomination of John William Shirley To Be an Associate Director.

The President today announced that he will nominate John William Shirley, of Chicago, Ill., to be an Associate Director of the International Communication Agency (ICA). He would replace Harold F. Schneidman, resigned.

Shirley has been Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Rome since 1977. He has been with ICA and its predecessor agency, the United States Information Agency (USIA), since 1957.

Shirley was born August 18, 1931, in Hailsham, Sussex, United Kingdom. He received a B.S. in international relations from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1957. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956.

Shirley joined USIA in 1957 and served in Zagreb, Belgrade, Trieste, Rome, and New Delhi. From 1968 to 1969, he was a policy officer in USIA's Office of Near East and South Asian Affairs. In 1969-70 he took Polish language training at the Foreign Service Institute.

From 1970 to 1972, Shirley was First Secretary for Press and Cultural Affairs at the American Embassy in Warsaw. From 1972 to 1975, he was Deputy Assistant Director, then Assistant Director, of USIA for Soviet Union and East European Affairs. From 1975 to 1977, he was Assistant Director for European Affairs.