Nomination of Herbert Stuart Okun To Be a United States Representative to the 42d Session of the United Nations General Assembly

The President today announced his intention to nominate Herbert Stuart Okun to be a Representative of the United States of America to the 42d Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Since 1985 Mr. Okun has been Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations. Prior to this he was the Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic, 1980-1983. Mr. Okun entered the Foreign Service in 1955.

Mr. Okun graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1951) and Harvard University (M.P.A., 1959). He was born November 27, 1930, in New York, NY. Mr. Okun has three children and resides in New York City.