Nomination of Deane R. Hinton To Be United States Ambassador to El Salvador

The President today announced his intention to nominate Deane R. Hinton, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to El Salvador, vice Robert E. White, resigned.

Mr. Hinton entered the Foreign Service in 1946 as chief of political section in Damascus. From 1949 to 1951, he was principal officer in Mombasa. He attended economic studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Harvard University from 1951 to 1952. In 1955-58 he was Chief of the West European Branch, then Chief of Regional European Research, Bureau of Intelligence, in the Department. In 1958-61 he was chief of overseas development and finance section in Brussels/ USEC. He attended the National War College in 1961-62. In the Department, he was Chief of Commodity/Programming Division in the Bureau of Economic Affairs (1962-63) and Director of the Office of Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs (1963-67). In 1967-69 he was Director of the USAID Mission and counselor for economic affairs in Guatemala. In 1969-71 he was Director of the USAID mission and counselor for economic affairs in Santiago.

He served at the White House as Assistant Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (1971-73) and Deputy Executive Director of the Council on Economic International Policy (1973-74).

From 1974 to 1975, Mr. Hinton was Ambassador to the Republic of Zaire. In 1975 he was senior adviser to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. In 1975-79 he was United States Representative to the European Communities, with rank and status of Ambassador, Brussels. And since 1979 he has been Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. He is fluent in French and Spanish.

Mr. Hinton, a widower, was born March 12, 1923, in Missoula, Mont. He was graduated from the University of Chicago (A.B., 1943). He served in the United States Army in 1943-45 as a second lieutenant.