Nomination of Daniel Anthony O'Donohue To Be United States Ambassador to Burma

The President today announced his intention to nominate Daniel Anthony O'Donohue, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, as Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. He would succeed Patricia M. Byrne.

Mr. O'Donohue served in the United States Army in 1953-1955. In 1956-1957 he was a budget examiner for the Michigan State government in Lansing. In 1957 he entered the Foreign Service as consular officer in Genoa. He was political officer in Seoul in 1960-1964. In the Department he was international relations officer in 1964-1968. He was political officer in Accra in 1968-1971 and attended the Army War College in 1971-1972. In 1972-1974 he was counselor for political affairs in Seoul. In the Department he was Director of Korean Affairs (1974-1975) and Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1976-1977). In 1977-1978 he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Bangkok. In the Department he was Deputy Director of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in 1978-1981, and since 1981 he has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Mr. O'Donohue graduated from the University of Detroit (B.S., 1953) and Wayne State University (M.P.A., 1958). His foreign language is Korean. He was born October 27, 1931, in Detroit, Mich.