The President today announced that he will nominate Harry E. Bergold, Jr., of Washington, D.C., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Hungary. He would replace Philip M. Kaiser, who is transferring to another post.
Bergold has been Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs since 1977.
He was born November 11, 1931, in Olean, N.Y. He received an A.B. (1953) and M.A. (1957) from Yale University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956.
Bergold joined the Foreign Service in 1957 and served in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Mexico D.F., and at the State Department. He was a political officer in Madrid from 1967 to 1972 and in Panama from 1972 to 1973.
From 1973 to 1976, Bergold was detailed to the Defense Department, where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and NATO Affairs, then Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. He was detailed to the White House in 1977.
Jimmy Carter, United States Ambassador to Hungary Nomination of Harry E. Bergold, Jr. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249646