United States Ambassador to Ghana Nomination of Thomas W. M. Smith.

The President today announced that he will nominate Thomas W. M. Smith, of Readfield, Maine, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Ghana. He would replace Robert P. Smith, who has transferred to another position.

Smith has been Director of the Office of West African Affairs at the State Department since 1975.

He was born April 18, 1930, in Boston, Mass. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1951, a B.A. (1953) and M.A. (1956) from Cambridge University, and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1970. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1953 to 1956.

Smith joined the Foreign Service in 1956 and was posted in Tunis, Paris, and Lagos. From 1968 to 1971, he was Chief of the Division of United Nations Economic Affairs, then an international economist at the State Department. In 1971-72 he attended the National War College.

From 1972 to 1975, Smith was economic and commercial officer in London.