Nomination of Richard T. McCormack To Be Permanent United States Representative to the Organization of American States

The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard T. McCormack to be the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador. He would succeed J. William Middendorf II.

Since 1982 he has been serving as Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs). Previously he was a consultant for international economics at the Department of State, representing the Department at a number of functions abroad. In 1979-1981 he served as a legislative assistant to Senator Jesse Helms. He was at the American Enterprise Institute in 1975-1977 and Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Economic Affairs in 1974.

He is the author of "Asians in Kenya," and a number of other articles and monographs on foreign affairs. He graduated from Georgetown University (B.A., 1963) and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland (Ph.D., 1966). He is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born March 6, 1941, in Bradford, PA.