United States Ambassador to Rwanda Nomination of Harry Roberts Melone.

The President today announced that he will nominate Harry Roberts Melone, of Auburn, N.Y., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Rwanda. He would replace T. Frank Crigler, transferred.

Melone is foreign affairs coordination officer in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the State Department.

He was born June 30, 1928, in Auburn, N.Y. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1950.

Melone joined the Foreign Service in 1951 and was posted in Tabriz, Tehran, Yaounde, and at the State Department. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Bangui from 1961 to 1963, and in Niamey from 1963 to 1964. From 1964 to 1966, he was international relations officer in the Bureau of African Affairs at the State Department.

From 1966 to 1968, Melone was adviser for African affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. He was counselor for political affairs in Conakry from 1968 to 1969, and international relations officer at the State Department from 1969 to 1970.

Melone attended the National War College in 1970-71. He was an international relations officer at the State Department from 1971 to 1973, and served as political officer in Paris from 1973 to 1977. Since 1977 he has been foreign affairs coordination officer in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.