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Nomination of Langhorne A. Motley To Be United States Ambassador to Brazil

September 10, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Langhorne A. Motley, of Alaska, to be Ambassador to Brazil. He would succeed Robert Marion Sayre.

Mr. Motley served in the United States Air Force in 1960-70, successively as launch authentication officer (England), Deputy Combat Crew Commander, Aide to Commander of Air War College, and Aide and Executive Assistant to Commander in Chief (Alaska Command). In 1970-74 he was in real estate development in Anchorage, Alaska, as vice president of Area Realtors, Inc., president of Crescent Realty, Inc., and vice president of RODMAR, Inc. He was Commissioner of Commerce and Economic Development of the State of Alaska at Juneau, Alaska, in 1975-77. He was executive vice president of Citizens for the Management of Alaska Lands, Inc., in 1977-80. Since 1981 he has been president of Valeria, Inc., of Anchorage.

Mr. Motley graduated from The Citadel (B.A., 1960). He is married, has two children, and resides in Anchorage, Alaska. He was born June 5, 1938, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Langhorne A. Motley To Be United States Ambassador to Brazil Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247278

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