Nomination of Clyde D. Taylor To Be United States Ambassador to Paraguay

The President today announced his intention to nominate Clyde D. Taylor, of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, as Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay. He would succeed Arthur H. Davis, Jr.

Mr. Taylor worked at Americans United as director of the film department in Washington, DC, from 1959 to 1961. He joined the Foreign Service as a junior officer in 1961. He served from 1962 to 1964 in the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs. In 1964 he went to the U.S. Embassy in Panama as vice consul and served there until 1966, when he became economic/ commercial officer at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia. He returned to the Department in 1968 as an international economist in the Commodities, Industrial and Strategic Materials Division of the Bureau of Economic Affairs. He then became chief of the economic and commercial section of the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador, from 1972 to 1975. In 1975 Mr. Taylor went to the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, as economic development and financial officer, where he served until 1979 when he became acting counselor for economic and commercial affairs in Tehran. From 1979 to 1980, he attended the National War College. In July 1980, he became Director of the Office of Program Management in the Bureau of International Narcotics Matters and in November of 1980 was named Deputy Assistant Secretary in that Bureau, where he has served until the present time.

Mr. Taylor was born September 30, 1937, in Colombia, South America (American parents). He received his B.A. in 1959 from Wheaton College and his M.A. in 1961 from American University. His foreign language is Spanish. Mr. Taylor is married to the former Virginia L. Lundberg, and they have two children.