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Nomination of Abraham Katz To Be United States Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

July 10, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Abraham Katz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Herbert Salzman, resigned.

In 1950 Mr. Katz began his government career as foreign affairs officer in the Department of State. In 1951-53 he was principal officer in Merida and in 1953-55 economic officer in Mexico, D.F. In 1956 he attended Russian language training at the Foreign Service Institute, and in 1956-57 he attended graduate studies in Soviet affairs at Harvard University. He was intelligence research specialist in the Department in 1957-59. He was Secretary of Delegation in Paris/USRO (1959-64), and Counselor for Economic Affairs in Moscow (1964-66). He attended the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in 1966-67. In 1967-74 he was Director of the Office of OECD, European Communities and Atlantic Political Economic Affairs in the Department. In 1974 he was head of the Task Force on International Energy Policy. In 1974-78 he was Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. He was on detail to the Department of Commerce as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Economic Policy and Research (1978-80) and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Economic Policy (1980-81).

Mr. Katz graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A., 1948); Columbia University (M.I.A., 1950); and Harvard University (Ph. D., 1968). His foreign languages are French, Spanish, Russian, and Hebrew. Mr. Katz is married, has three children, and resides in Hollywood, Fla. He was born December 4, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Abraham Katz To Be United States Representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247799

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