The President today announced his intention to nominate William Harrison Courtney, of West Virginia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Kazakhstan. This is a new position.
Dr. Courtney currently serves as the Charge d'Affaires in Kazakhstan. Prior to this he was Deputy United States Negotiator for the U.S.-Soviet Defense and Space Talks, United States Mission in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Courtney was Deputy Executive Secretary for the National Security Council, 1987. From 1984 to 1986, he was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the Department of State, and Deputy Director of the Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, 1983 - 84.
Dr. Courtney graduated from West Virginia University (B.A., 1966) and Brown University (Ph.D., 1980). He was born July 18, 1944, in Baltimore, MD. He is married and has two children.
George Bush, Nomination of William Harrison Courtney To Be United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/267008