Nomination of Charles Edward Horner To Be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency
The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles Edward Horner to be an Associate Director for Programs of the United States Information Agency. He would succeed Charles E. Courtney.
Mr. Horner has been serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science and Technology since October 1981. Previously, he served as U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea (1981); at Georgetown University as a member of the adjunct faculty at the School of Foreign Service and as an associate of the Landegger program in international business diplomacy; as senior legislative assistant to Senator Daniel Moynihan; and on the staff of the Senate's Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations. He has written on international issues for various publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Commentary, and American Spectator.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1964) and the University of Chicago (M.A., 1967). He studied in the Far East at National Taiwan University and then at Tokyo University. He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born April 8, 1943, in New York City.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Charles Edward Horner To Be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259258