Lewis becomes IO Assistant Secretary President Ford in mid-December named Samuel W. Lewis, a career Foreign Service officer, as the new Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 19 and sworn in five days later. Mr. Lewis, who served as Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff since March 1974, succeeds William B. Buffum, who was recently appointed Under Secretary Director of the Office of Brazilian Af- Mr. Lewis also held assignments as From 1964 to 1966 he was on detail as The Assistant Secretary received a search Specialist in the Division of Re- Mr. Enders In 1970 he won the Arthur S. Flemming Award as one of the ten outstanding young men in the Federal Government. He received the Department's Superior Honor Award in 1974. MR. QUAINTON will succeed Ambas- Before his assignment to Mr. was Political Of- Mr. Quainton The Ambassador joined the Foreign Service in 1959 and has held assignments as Visa and Commercial Officer at Sydney, Economic Officer at Karachi and Islamabad, and Political and Economic Officer at New Delhi. In 1972 he won the $1,000 William R. Rivkin Award, sponsored by the American Foreign Service Association, for being always able to question whether the accepted policy genuinely fulfills U.S. needs, and make innovative proposals for constructive change." From 1962 to 1963 Mr. Quainton took Hindi language studies at the Foreign Service Institute. Economic Officer in Nicosia, Intelligence Research Specialist in the Department, and Political Officer in Accra. From 1968 to 1970 he was Deputy Chief of Mission at Freetown. After attending the Senior Seminar at the Foreign Service Institute for a year, Mr. De Pree was named Deputy Coordinator of the Seminar in 1971. He received the Meritorious Honor Award in 1966. Before joining the Foreign Service Mr. De Pree was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Michigan and then served two years in the U.S. Army. MR. ANDERSON, who is slated for Morocco, joined the Foreign Service in 1946 after service in World War II as a First Lieutenant, Intelligence, in the U.S. Army. He has held such assignments as Transport Officer in Shanghai, Political Officer in Nanking, Principal Officer in Chiengmai, Political Officer in Bangkok and New Delhi, and Ceylon American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and a member of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. Mrs. Armstrong served at the White House until December 1974, when she resigned because of "unforeseen and pressing family responsibilities." Long active in Republican politics, Mrs. Armstrong has served as Republican Deputy Vice Chairman, 196566; Republican State (Texas) Vice Chairman, 1966-68; a member of the Republican National Committee from Texas, 1968-73, and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1964, 1968 and 1972. Mrs. Armstrong is a member of the Board of Directors of American Express, Union Carbide Corporation, First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Boise Cascade Corporation, and the International Harvester Company. The Ambassador-designate served as a member of the Cost of Living Council in 1973. From 1974 to 1975 she also was a member of the President's Commission on Wage and Price Stability. European Communities post goes to Hinton President Ford on December 19 announced his intention to nominate Deane R. Hinton, a career Foreign Service officer, as the new U.S. Representative to the U.S. Mission to the European Communities in Brussels, with the rank and status of Ambassador. of the Council on International Economic Policy at the White House, where he was on detail from 1973 to 1974; and as Assistant Executive Director of that Council from 1971 to 1973. In recent years he was Director of the Office of Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs in the Bureau of European Affairs, Director of the USAID Mission and Counselor for Economic Affairs in If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Hinton, currently Senior Adviser to Charles W. Robinson, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, will succeed Joseph Guatemala (on detail to AID), and Direc for and A. Greenwald, who has been nominated as the new Assistant Secretary Economic Business Affairs. Mr. Hinton is a veteran Foreign Service officer who became a Career Minister in October. Mr. Hinton A former Ambassador to Zaire (1974-75), Mr. Hinton has held such positions as Deputy Executive Director tor of the USAID Mission and Counselor for Economic Affairs in Santiago (also on detail to AID). Earlier in his career Mr. Hinton served in Damascus, Mombasa and Paris. He was Chief of the West Europe Branch, then later Chief of Regional European Research in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Chief of the Overseas Development and Finance Section in USEC/Brussels; and Chief of the Commodity Programing Division in the Bureau of European Affairs. He won the Superior Service Award in 1963. APPOINTMENTS Greenwald to head Economic Bureau President Ford on December 22 an- for four years-1965 to 1969-he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Trade Policy and Economic Defense. Mr. Greenwald joined the Federal government in 1941 as an Economist in the Office of Production Management. He later held positions as Warrant Officer and Purser-Pharmacist with the U.S. Maritime Service and as Economist with the Office of Price Administration before joining the Department as an Economist in 1947. Over the years Mr. Greenwald has held such assignments as Economist in the International Resources Division and in the Division of Commercial Policy; Economic Adviser to the U.S. Delegation to the Economic Commission for Europe, in Geneva; Chief of the Special Problems Branch in the Trade. Agreements and Treaties Division in the Bureau of Economic Affairs; Chief of the Commercial Programs Branch; and Economic Officer in London. From 1963 to 1965 he was Director of the Office of International Trade in the Bureau of Economic Affairs. Mr. Greenwald is a Career Minister in the Foreign Service. He won the Superior Honor Award in 1971. KABUL-Ambassador Theodore L. Eliot, Jr., second from right, introduces Afghan Minister of Commerce Mohammad Khan Jalallar to Colonel and Mrs. Stewart Roosa on October 12. Colonel Roosa, Apollo Astronaut, and Colonel William Pogue, Skylab Astronaut, visited Kabul under the auspices of the People to People Sports Committee. Robert Funseth named Department spokesman The Department on January 6 named FSO Robert L. Funseth as Special Assistant to the Secretary for Press Relations and Spokesman for the Depart Joining the Foreign Service in 1954, Mr. Funseth held such assignments as Vice Consul and Public Affairs Officer at Tabriz, Political Officer in Beirut, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of UN Political Affairs, and Acting Principal Officer and Deputy Principal Officer in Bordeaux. From 1964 to 1966 Mr. Funseth was Officer in Charge of Portuguese Affairs. He also was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the 20th UN General Assembly in 1965. In recent years Mr. Funseth served as Deputy Country Director for Spain and Portugal, 1966-68; Director of Post Management, Mexico and Central America, 1969; Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, 1969-71; and Senior Foreign Service Inspector, 1971-73. He was Counselor for Political Affairs in Ottawa from 1973 to 1975, and was named Director of Press Relations in the Department last January. Before joining the Foreign Service Mr. Funseth was Managing Editor of the Anaheim (Calif.) Gazette and Associated Press correspondent for Orange County, Calif. Mr. Funseth served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific in World War II, attaining the rank of Lieutenant (j.g.) Mr. Funseth was President of the Alumni Association of the School of Advanced International Studies, the Johns Hopkins University, and a member of the School's Advisory Council in 1969-70. NEW YORK-Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Toussaint and Baker named to 10 posts Two career Foreign Service officers have assumed new duties as Deputy Assistant Secretaries in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. They are Donald Toussaint, who was recently designated Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs, and John A. Baker, Jr., who was named Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs a new position. Mr. Baker will supervise the new Office of Multilateral Affairs. Dr. Roy D. Morey remains the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs. Mr. Toussaint joined the Foreign Service in 1956 and has served in the Department, Jakarta and Medan, and as Senior Adviser for Political and Military Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In recent years he was Political Officer at Tehran and Deputy Chief of Mission and Counselor at Jakarta. Mr. Baker joined the Foreign Service in 1950. He has held assignments in the Department, Belgrade, USIA, Munich, Moscow and Rome. He served as Adviser on PoliticalSecurity Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1963 to Mr. Toussaint Mr. Baker 1966, when he was designated Chief Mr. Baker also served as U.S. Rep- President Ford has nominated George H. Bush, Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in Peking, as Director of the CIA. As the NEWSLETTER went to press, he had not been confirmed. Stone named to IAEA President Ford early this month announced his intention to nominate Ambassador Galen L. Stone as the new Deputy U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. Ambassador Stone was confirmed by the Senate as envoy to Laos last June. Before that assignment he was Deputy Chief of Mission at Paris. Mr. Stone He joined the Foreign Service in 1947 and has held such assignments as Deputy Chief of Mission at New Delhi (1969-73), Political Counselor in Saigon (196869), and Special Assistant and Counselor for Political-Economic Affairs at New Delhi (1965-68). Ambassador Stone has also served as an Economic Officer in Munich and Kiel, Political Officer for SHAPE in Paris, Personnel Officer and Supervisory Placement Specialist, Officer in Charge of Swiss-Benelux Affairs, and Deputy Director of the Office of West European Affairs. Richardson confirmed The Senate on December 11 confirmed the nomination of Ambassador Elliot L. Richardson as Secretary of Commerce. Ambassador Richardson, who had served as envoy to Great Britain since last March, said he was pleased to be going back to the "mainstream of American politics" and look forward to running a Government department again. He had previously served as Secretary of HEW and Defense and as Attorney General. The First Session of the 94th Congress adjourned sine die on December 19. The Second Session is scheduled to convene January 19. President Ford will deliver his State-of-the-Union message at a joint meeting of the House and Senate on the evening of January 19. |