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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Box 20 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nJANUARY 15, 1976\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nThe President today announced the appointment of C. William Kontos, of\nChicago, Illinois, as Special Representative of the President and Director\nof the United States Sinai Support Mission. This is a new position created\nby Executive Order 11896 of January 13, 1976. He is currently a member\nof the Policy Planning Staff in the Department of State.\nMr. Kontos was born on August 10, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended\nthe University of Chicago and received his B.A. degree in 1947 and his M. A.\nin 1948. During 1948-49, he did additional graduate work at the London\nSchool of Economics and Political Science of the University of London. From\n1943 to 1946, he served in the United States Army.\nIn 1949, Mr. Kontos joined the Agency for International Development Mission\nin Greece as a staff member in the Civil Government Division. He became the\nSpecial Assistant to the Chief of the Mission in 1952. From 1953 to 1956, he\nwas Program Budget Coordination Officer and Chief Management Analyst of\nAID in Washington. In 1956, he became Regional Executive Officer for the\nAfrica-Europe Bureau, serving until 1959. He served as Deputy Director of\nthe AID Mission to Ceylon from 1959 to 1961, and became Deputy Director\nof the Mission in Nigeria from 1961 to 1964.\nIn 1964, Mr. Kontos attended the National War College prior to becoming\nDirector of Personnel for the Agency for International Development in\nWashington. He was named Director of the Mission to Pakistan with the\npersonal rank of Minister in 1967. During 1970, he was Director of the\nJoint State/AID Office for Nigerian Affairs, while serving as Director of\nProgram Evaluation for AID from 1969 to 1972. He served as Deputy\nCommission General of UNRWA at the United Nations from 1972 to 1974.\nMr. Kontos is married and has two children. They reside in the District\nof Columbia.\n#\n#\n#"
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