United Nations Nomination of Allard Kenneth Lowenstein To Be Alternate U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs.

The President today announced his intention to nominate Allard Kenneth Lowenstein, of Long Beach, N.Y., to be the Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Mr. Lowenstein was born January 16, 1929, in Newark, N.J. He received his B.A. in 1949 from the University of North Carolina and LL.B. from Yale University Law School in 1954. He served in the United States Army from 1954-56.

He has taught at Stanford University, the City College of New York, Yale School of Urban Studies, University of Massachusetts, and the New School of Social Research. He served as a visiting fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He has been a special assistant to United States Senator Frank P. Graham and a foreign policy assistant to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey. From 1969-71 he was United States Representative from the State of New York. He is currently a consultant with the Department of State.