Nomination of Luigi R. Einaudi To Be Permanent United States Representative to the Organization of American States

The President today announced his intention to nominate Luigi R. Einaudi to be the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador. He would succeed Richard Thomas McCormack.

Since 1977 Dr. Einaudi has been Director of the Office of Policy Planning Coordination at the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs at the Department of State, and a member of the Policy Planning Staff, 1974 - 1977. Dr. Einaudi was visiting professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, 1964 - 1974. He served as a senior social scientist for the Rand Corp., 1962 - 1974, and was a teaching fellow and tutor in government at Harvard University, 1960 - 1961.

Dr. Einaudi graduated from Harvard College (A.B., 1957) and Harvard University (Ph.D., 1966). He was born March 1, 1936, in Cambridge, MA. He served in the U.S. Army, 1957 - 1959. He is married, has four children, and resides in Bethesda, MD.