United States Ambassador to Haiti Nomination of Henry L. Kimelman.

The President today announced that he will nominate Henry L. Kimelman, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Haiti. He would replace William B. Jones, who is being assigned to Hampton Institute as diplomat in residence.

Kimelman is chairman of the board and president of WICORP, Inc. (West Indies Corporation) in St. Thomas. He was born January 21, 1921, in New York City. He received a B.S. from New York University in 1943. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946.

From 1949 to 1960, Kimelman was president and treasurer of Virgin Isle Hotel, Inc., and Virgin Islands Realty Corp. From 1961 to 1964, he was commissioner of commerce for the Virgin Islands, chairman of the Virgin Islands Economic Development Board, and administrator for the Virgin Islands of the United States Area Redevelopment Administration.

From 1964 to 1967, Kimelman was chairman of the board of Island Block Corp. and Henry Elliot, Ltd. From 1967 to 1969, he was assistant to the Secretary of the Interior, and from 1968 to 1972, he was director of the U.S. National Park Foundation. From 1969 to 1971, he was president of Overview Corp., in Washington, D.C. He has been chairman and president of WICORP since 1969.

Kimelman is chairman of the Development Advisory Board, Child Development Associate Consortium. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the World Business Council.