Nomination of John R. Davis, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to Poland

The President today announced his intention to nominate John R. Davis, Jr., of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be United States Ambassador to Poland. He would succeed Francis J. Meehan.

Since 1983 Mr. Davis has been Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. Prior to this he was Director of Eastern European Affairs at the Department of State, 1981-1983. Mr. Davis has been consul general in Sydney, Australia, 1976-1980; deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, 1973-1976; consul general in Milan, Italy, 1972-1973; and economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, 1967-1972. From 1963 to 1967, he served in the State Department as a personnel officer, economic trainee, and economic desk officer. From 1960 to 1963, Mr. Davis was consul and economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. He joined the Foreign Service in 1955.

Mr. Davis graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A, 1953) and Harvard University (M.P.A., 1965). He served in the United States Navy, 1945-1946. He is articulate in Italian and Polish. Mr. Davis was born July 25, 1927, in Eau Claire, WI. He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC.