The President today announced that he will nominate Robert S. Gershenson, of Potomac, Md., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Uruguay. He would replace Lyle Franklin Lane, who has been appointed Ambassador to Paraguay.
Gershenson has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Personnel since 1978.
He was born August 17, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pa. Gershenson received a B.A. from Temple University in 1956 and served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953.
Gershenson joined the Foreign Service in 1957 and served in Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. From 1968 to 1970, he was counselor for administrative affairs in Uruguay. He attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces from 1970 to 1971.
From 1971 to 1972, he was personnel officer at State and special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration from 1972 to 1974. He was counselor for administrative affairs in Brussels from 1974 to 1976. From 1976 to 1978, Gershenson was Executive Director for Inter-American Affairs at State.
Jimmy Carter, United States Ambassador to Uruguay Nomination of Robert S. Gershenson. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/250640