Nomination of Keith Lapham Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Denmark

The President today announced his intention to nominate Keith Lapham Brown to be Ambassador to Denmark. He would succeed Terence A. Todman, who has served with distinction in Denmark for more than 4 1/2 years.

Mr. Brown is an attorney at law and a member of the Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado Bar Associations. He was a founder and original partner of Vail Associates and served as a director for many years. Mr. Brown has served as a director of the Public Service Co. of Colorado; Griffith Realty, Inc.; Caulkins Oil Co.; National Western Stock Show Association; Boys Club of Denver, Inc.; Boys Club of America, Inc.; and the Colorado State Bank. He is an honorary trustee and past president of the board of Colorado Academy. He serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC. He is chairman of the International Institute of Education/Denver World Affairs Council and is a past executive board member for Downtown Denver, Inc. Mr. Brown served as the United States Ambassador to Lesotho from 1982 to 1983 and is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors. He was most recently the chairman of the Republican National Finance Committee in Washington, DC.

Mr. Brown attended the University of Illinois, the University of Texas, Northwestern University Law School, and graduated from the University of Texas Law School (LL.B., 1949). He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. He was born June 18, 1925, in Sterling, IL. Mr. Brown is married, has three children, and resides in Denver, CO.