The President today announced his intention to nominate Keith Lapham Brown, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho. He would succeed John R. Clingerman.
Mr. Brown served in the United States Navy in 1943-46. He was a lawyer with the firm of Long, Byrd, Cross, Ladon and Oppenheimer in San Antonio, Tex., in 1949-55. Since 1955 he has been vice president of Caulkins Oil Co. in Oklahoma City, Okla. (1955-59), and in Denver, Colo. (1959 to present). Since 1972 Mr. Brown has been president of Brown Investment Corp. in Denver, Colo.
He attended the University of Illinois (1943-44), University of Texas (1944-45), and Northwestern University Law School (1946-47). He graduated from the University of Texas Law School (LL.B., 1949).
Mr. Brown is married, has three children, and resides in Denver, Colo. He was born June 18, 1925, in Sterling, Ill.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Keith Lapham Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Lesotho Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245026