Nomination of Richard Newton Holwill To Be United States Ambassador to Ecuador

The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard Newton Holwill to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador. He would succeed Fernando Enrique Rondon.

Since 1983 Mr. Holwill has been a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs at the Department of State. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Commission since 1983. Prior to this, he was vice president of government information for the Heritage Foundation, 1981-1983; vice president of Energy Decisions, Inc., 1980; and consultant and managing editor of Energy Decisions, 1977-1980. From 1974 to 1977, he was a White House correspondent for National Public Radio.

Mr. Holwill graduated from Louisiana State University (B.A., 1968). He was born October 9, 1945, in Shreveport, LA. He served in the United States Marine Corps, 1969-1971. He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC.