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United States Ambassador to Norway Nomination of Louis A. Lerner.

July 01, 1977

The President today announced that he will nominate Louis A. Lerner, of Chicago, Ill., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Norway. He would succeed William A. Anders. Lerner is publisher of Lerner Newspapers in Chicago.

He was born June 12, 1935, in Chicago. He received a B.A. in 1960 from Roosevelt University. In 1956-57, he studied Scandinavian affairs in Denmark.

From 1959 to 1962, Lerner was assistant to the publisher of Lerner Home Newspapers and an account executive for Times Home Newspapers. He was executive vice president of Lerner Home Newspapers from 1962 until 1969, when he became publisher.

Jimmy Carter, United States Ambassador to Norway Nomination of Louis A. Lerner. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244187

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