Nomination of James Eugene Goodby for the Rank of Ambassador While Serving at the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

The President today announced his intention to nominate James Eugene Goodby for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Vice Chairman, United States Delegation to the Strategic Arms Reductions Talks (START) and Department of State Representative. He would succeed Ralph Earle II.

Mr. Goodby served in the United States Air Force as second lieutenant in 1952-53. He began his government career in 1951 with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Boston, Mass. He was foreign affairs specialist with the United States Atomic Energy Commission in 1954-59; foreign affairs officer in the Office of Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy in 1960; Officer in Charge of Nuclear Test Ban Negotiations, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, in 1961-63; member of the Policy Planning Council at the Department of State in 1963-67; political officer at the United States Mission to the European Communities in Brussels in 1967-69; Officer in Charge of Defense Policy Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State, in 1969-71; Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels in 1971-74; Deputy Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs in 1974-77; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs in 1977-80.

Mr. Goodby graduated from Harvard College (A.B., 1951) and attended the University of Michigan (1951-52) and Harvard University (1953-54). He was born December 20, 1929, in Providence, R.I.