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Nomination of Kenneth L. Adelman To Be United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations

July 08, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Kenneth L. Adelman, of Virginia, as the Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador. He would succeed William J. Vanden Heuvel, who has resigned.

Dr. Adelman was Legislative Officer at the Department of Commerce in 1968-70. In 1970-72 he was with the Office of Economic Opportunity as Special Assistant to the Director of VISTA, and also to the Director of Congressional Relations. He was Congressional Liaison Officer at the Agency for International Development in 1975-76, and in 1976-77 he was Assistant to the Secretary of Defense.

Dr. Adelman was researching for his dissertation at Georgetown University and at Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1972-75. Since 1977 he has been senior political scientist at the Strategic Studies Center of SRI International in Arlington, Va. He has also done freelance writing since 1977.

Dr. Adelman graduated from Grinnell College (B.A., 1967) and Georgetown University (M.S., 1969; Ph.D., 1975). He is the author of "African Realities" and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Dr. Adelman is married, has two children, and resides in Arlington, Va. He was born June 9, 1946, in Chicago, Ill.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Kenneth L. Adelman To Be United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247652

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