Nomination of Arthur F. Burns To Be United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany

The President today announced his intention to nominate Arthur F. Burns to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. Burns has been distinguished scholar-in-residence, American Enterprise Institute, since 1978 and distinguished professorial lecturer at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Since 1969 he has been John Bates Clark professor of economics emeritus at Columbia University in New York. In 1970-78 he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He served as Counsellor to the President in 1969-70 and was Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers in 1953-56. Mr. Burns was associated with the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1930-69 and currently serves as honorary chairman. He was previously a professor of economics with Rutgers University.

Mr. Burns graduated from Columbia University (A.B., 1925; A.M., 1925; Ph.D., 1934) and Lehigh University (LL.D., 1952). He has received many other degrees from Brown University, Dartmouth College, Oberlin College, Wesleyan University, and others.

Mr. Burns is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, D.C. He was born April 27, 1904, in Stanislau, Austria.