Nomination of Edwin G. Corr To Be United States Ambassador to El Salvador

The President today announced his intention to nominate Edwin G. Corr, of Oklahoma, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, as Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador. He would succeed Thomas R. Pickering.

Mr. Corr served in the United States Marine Corps in 1957-1960 and was a teaching assistant at the University of Oklahoma in 1960-1961. He entered the Foreign Service in 1961 as a trainee at the Foreign Service Institute. In 1962 he was international affairs officer in the Office of Mexican and Caribbean Affairs in the Department. He served as a junior officer in Mexico, then administrative assistant to the Ambassador in Mexico City (1962-1966). He was regional Peace Corps director in Cali, Colombia, in 1966-1968. He attended the Institute for Latin American Studies at the University of Texas in 1968-1969. In 1969-1971 he was desk officer in the Office of Panamanian Affairs in the Department and program officer at the Inter-American Foundation in 1971-1972. He was executive assistant to the Ambassador in Bangkok, Thailand (1972-1975); counselor for political affairs in Quito, Ecuador (1975-1976), followed by deputy chief of mission in Quito (1976-1978). In 1978-1980 he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters in the Department. He then served as Ambassador to Peru in 1980-1981 and Ambassador to Bolivia from 1981 to the present.

Mr. Corr was born August 6, 1934, in Edmond, OK. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma (B.S., 1957; M.A., 1961). His foreign language is Spanish. He is married to the former Susanne Springer, and they have three daughters.