The President today announced that he will nominate John A. Burroughs, Jr., of Temple Hills, Md., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Malawi. He would replace Harold E. Horan, who is serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
Burroughs has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Equal Employment Opportunity since 1977.
He was born July 31, 1936, in Washington, D.C. He received a B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1959.
From 1960 to 1963, Burroughs was a passport examiner with the State Department and from 1963 to 1964, he was Assistant Chief of the Special Services Branch of the Passport Office. From 1964 to 1966, he was administrative assistant in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.
From 1966 to 1970, Burroughs was an employee relations specialist with the Department of the Navy. From 1970 to 1977, he was special assistant for equal opportunity to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Jimmy Carter, United States Ambassador to Malawi Nomination of John A. Burroughs, It. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251476