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Digitized from Box 28 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 14, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced his intention to nominate Stephen Low, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia. He will
succeed Jean M. Wilkowski who resigned effective upon a date to be deter-
mined. Mr. Low has been on the National Security Council staff since 1974.
Born on December 2, 1927, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Low received his B.A.
degree in 1950 from Yale University. He attended the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy and received his M.A. in 1951 and his Ph. D. in 1956. He
served in the United States Army during 1946-47.
Mr. Low joined the Foreign Service in 1956 as an Intelligence Research
Officer for the Far East at the Department of State. He served in Kampala
during 1957-59, as an Economic-Labor Officer, prior to attending the Foreign
Service Institute as a Labor trainee during 1959-60. From 1960 to 1964, he
was the Labor Officer and later became the Chief of the Political Section in
Dakar. He was Officer in Charge of Guinea-Mali Affairs for the Department
during 1964-65 and served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary
of State for Political Affairs from 1965 to 1967. He attended the National
War College during 1967-68 and from 1968 to 1971, he was Counselor for Poli-
tical Affairs in Brasilia. He directed Brazilian affairs for the Department
from 1971 to 1974, prior to joining the National Security Staff in 1974.
Mr. Low is married to the former Helen (Sue) Carpenter and they have three
children. They reside in Bethesda, Maryland.
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