United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Nomination of Irving G. Cheslaw.

The President today announced that he will nominate Irving G. Cheslaw, of Los Angeles, Calif., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He would replace Richard Fox, resigned. Cheslaw is Chief of the Senior Officer Division at the State Department's Bureau of Personnel.

He was born December 5, 1921, in Los Angeles. He received an A.B. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1942 and an M.A. (1947) and Ph.D. (1952) from Columbia University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946.

Cheslaw was a lecturer in history and political science at Columbia University from 1949 to 1951. From 1951 to 1954, he was a historian at the Defense Department. From 1953 to 1959, he was a lecturer in political science at George Washington University, and from 1954 to 1956, he was also senior research analyst at the University of Pittsburgh.

Cheslaw joined the State Department as an intelligence research specialist in 1956, and was then posted in Port of Spain, Kingston, and Dublin. From 1966 to 1970, he served as supervisory foreign affairs officer, then supervisory international relations officer, at the State Department.

In 1970-71 Cheslaw attended the senior seminar in foreign policy at the Foreign Service Institute. From 1971 to 1974, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuala Lumpur, and from 1972 to 1976, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Dacca. He has been Chief of the Senior Officer Division since 1977.