Nomination of Jose S. Sorzano To Be United States Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

The President today announced his intention to nominate Jose S. Sorzano to be the Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Dr. Sorzano has been associate professor of government at Georgetown University since 1979 and also held that position in 1969-76. He has conducted lectures and seminars at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. In 1976-79 Dr. Sorzano was Director of the Peace Corps in Bogota, Colombia, and supervised the largest Peace Corps program in Latin America. He was escort/interpreter with the Department of State in 1963-65.

Dr. Sorzano is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Superior Achievement Award for outstanding performance of the duties and responsibilities of a Peace Corps Country Director (1977) and a two-step meritorious increase in recognition of having tripled Peace Corps programs in Colombia without increasing administrative and managerial costs (1979).

He was graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S., 1965; Ph.D., 1972).

Dr. Sorzano is married, has two children, and resides with his family in ,Arlington, Va. He was born in Havana, Cuba, on November 9, 1940, and is a naturalized United States citizen.