United States Ambassador to Upper Volta Nomination of Thomas D. Boyatt.

The President today announced that he will nominate Thomas D. Boyatt, of Cincinnati, Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Upper Volta. He would replace Pierre R. Graham, who has resigned.

Boyatt was born March 4, 1933, in Cincinnati. He received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1955 and an M.A. from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1956. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956 to 1959.

Boyatt joined the Foreign Service in 1960 and was posted in Antofagasta, Luxembourg, and Nicosia, was detailed to the Treasury Department, and took Greek language training. In 1970 and 1971, he was Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

From 1972 to 1974, Boyatt was Country Director for Cyprus at the State Department. He was in the senior seminar in foreign policy at the State Department in 1974 and 1975. Since 1975 he has been Deputy Chief of Mission in Santiago.