Nomination of Theodore George Kronmiller To Have the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

The President today announced his intention to nominate Theodore George Kronmiller to have the rank of Ambassador while serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries Affairs.

Mr. Kronmiller served in the United States Naval Reserve as lieutenant from 1970 to 1979. From 1974 to 1975, he was an attorney/adviser on the Appeals Board of the Department of Commerce. From 1975 to 1976, he was Deputy Head of the Commerce Department contingent of the United States Delegation to the Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference. He was with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1975 to 1978, serving as attorney/adviser (1975-1976), consultant to the Marine Minerals Division (1976-1977), and Counsel for International Law (1977-1978). He was with the United States House of Representatives as counsel of the Subcommittee on Oceanography from 1978 to 1979, and counsel of the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment from 1979 to 1981. Since 1981 he has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries Affairs in the Department of State.

Mr. Kronmiller was born February 12, 1948, in York, Pa. He graduated from Duke University (B.A., 1970) and the University of Virginia Law School (J.D., 1973). His foreign language is French.