Nomination of Louis G. Fields, Jr., for the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as United States Representative to the Committee on Disarmament
The President today announced his intention to nominate Louis G. Fields, Jr., for the rank of Ambassador while serving as United States Representative to the Committee on Disarmament. He would succeed Charles Conway Flowerree.
Mr. Fields served in the United States Army as lieutenant in 1952-54. He was in the private practice of law in Richmond, Va., in 1956-62, and an attorney with A. H. Robins in 1962-66. He began his government service as administrative assistant to United States Senator A. Willis Robertson (1966-67). He was a consultant-expert at the Agency for International Development in 1967-69. At the Department of State he was attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser (1969-70), Assistant Legal Adviser for Politico-Military Affairs (1970-74), and Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional Problems (1974-81). Recently he has been on detail to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as United States Representative to the Committee on Disarmament.
Mr. Fields graduated from the University of Florida (B.A., 1950) and the University of Virginia (LL.B., 1956). He is married, has one child, and resides in Arlington, Va. He was born May 21, 1929, in Miami, Fla.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Louis G. Fields, Jr., for the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as United States Representative to the Committee on Disarmament Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244952