Nomination of Paul H. Nitze To Be United States Ambassador at Large

The President today announced his intention to nominate Paul H. Nitze, of the District of Columbia, as Ambassador at Large.

Mr. Nitze was an accountant with Container Corporation of America in Bridgeport, CT, from 1928 to 1929; and vice president of Dillon, Read and Co., in New York, NY, from 1929 to 1938 and also from 1939 to 1941. From 1938 to 1939, he was president of P.H. Nitze and Co. in New York City. He was Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs at the Department of State in Washington, DC, from 1941 to 1942. He was Chief of Bureau of the Board of Economic Warfare (1942-1943), Director of Bureau of the Foreign Economic Administration (1943-1944), and Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State (1946-1953). From 1953 to 1961, he was president of the Foreign Service Educational Foundation in Washington, DC. He was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1961-1963), Secretary of the Navy (1963-1967), Deputy Secretary of Defense (1967-1969), and a member of the United States delegation to the strategic arms limitation talks (1969-1974). From 1974 to 1981, he was a self-employed consultant in Washington, DC. Since 1981 he has been with the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as head of the United States delegation, Intermediate-range' Nuclear Forces, with the rank of Ambassador (1981-1984); and since January 1984 he has been Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations, with the rank of Ambassador. He has also been adviser to the President and Secretary of State on arms control matters. His foreign languages are German and French.

Mr. Nitze graduated from Harvard University (A.B., 1928). He is married to the former Phyllis Pratt, and they have four children. He was born January 26, 1907, in Amherst, MA.