The President today announced that he will nominate Robert J. McCloskey of Chevy Chase, Md., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenitpotentiary of the United States to Greece. He would replace Jack B. Kubisch, resigned.
McCloskey was born November 25, 1922, in Philadelphia, Pa. He received a B.S. from Temple University in 1953. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945.
McCloskey was a public information specialist at the State Department from 1958 to 1964, and director of the Office of News from 1964 to 1966. From 1966 to 1969, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Public Affairs.
From 1969 to 1973, McCloskey was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Press Relations and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State. He was Ambassador to Cyprus in 1973 and 1974. In 1975 and 1976, he was Ambassador at Large and Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. Since 1976 he has been Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Jimmy Carter, United States Ambassador to Greece Nomination of Robert J. McCloskey. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/243513