The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles S. Whitehouse to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict) at the Department of Defense. He would succeed Chapman B. Cox.
From 1975 to 1978, Mr. Whitehouse was Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Thailand. Prior to this, he was Ambassador to Laos, 1973-1975, and deputy chief of mission and counselor in South Vietnam, 1972-1973. He was Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian-Pacific Affairs, 1970-1971, and regional director of AID in South Vietnam, 1969-1970. Mr. Whitehouse was deputy chief of mission and counselor in Guinea, 1966-1969, and attended the National War College, 1965-1966. He was an international relations officer, 1962-1965, and special assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1956-1959. He was a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia, 1954-1956, and at the U.S. mission in Istanbul, Turkey, 1952-1954.
Mr. Whitehouse graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1947). He served in the United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946. He was born November 5, 1921, in Paris, France. Mr. Whitehouse is married, has three children, and resides in Marshall, VA.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Charles S. Whitehouse To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/254776