United States Ambassador to Guyana Nomination of George B. Roberts, Jr.

The President today announced that he will nominate George B. Roberts, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. He would replace John Richard Burke, resigned.

Roberts has been Deputy Chief of Mission in Vientiane since 1977.

He was born May 25, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pa. He received a B.A. (1952) and M.A. (1953) from Yale University. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1957.

Roberts joined the Foreign Service in 1957. He took Thai language and area training at the Foreign Service Institute and was posted in Bangkok and Vientiane. He was at the State Department from 1962 to 1966, and took Swahili language training in 1966-67.

From 1967 to 1969, Roberts was political officer in Dar es Salaam, and from 1969 to 1973, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Kingston. He was special assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State from 1973 to 1974.

From 1974 to 1976, Roberts was Director of Thai-Burma Affairs at the State Department. In 1976-77 he took the Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy at the Foreign Service Institute.