Nomination of Rush Walker Taylor, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to Togo

The President today announced his intention to nominate Rush Walker Taylor, Jr., of Texas, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, as Ambassador to the Republic of Togo. He would succeed David A. Korn.

Mr. Taylor joined the Foreign Service in 1962 and was assigned as third secretary and vice consul, Yaounde, Cameroon, 1962-1964; staff assistant to the Ambassador, Rome, Italy, 1965-1966; and vice consul, Florence, Italy, 1966-1967. He returned to Washington in 1967 to serve on the Italian desk, 1967-1969; and then as staff officer for the Executive Secretariat at the Department of State, 1969-1970. Mr. Taylor was named staff assistant, 1970, and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, 1971. He was then assigned as principal officer at the consulate in Oporto, Portugal, 1972-1975; deputy chief of mission in Nassau, the Bahamas, 1975-1978; staff of the Inspector General, 1979-1981; Director of the Office of Press Relations for the Bureau of Public Affairs at the Department of State, 1981-1983; and Executive Director and Vice Chairman of the U.S. Delegation for the International Telecommunications Union High Frequency World Administrative Radio Conference, 1983-1984. Since 1985 Mr. Taylor has been deputy coordinator and principal deputy director for the Bureau of International Communications and Information Policy. In 1986 he was temporarily detailed as Charge d'Affaires in Guinea-Bissau.

Mr. Taylor graduated from Harvard University (A.B., 1956) and the University of Virginia Law School (LL.B., 1959). Mr. Taylor was born November 3, 1934, in Little Rock, AR. He served in the United States Army, 1959-1961. He is married, has three children, and resides in Arlington, VA.