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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Box 28 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nJULY 14, 1976\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nThe President today announced his intention to nominate Stephen Low, of\nCincinnati, Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia. He will\nsucceed Jean M. Wilkowski who resigned effective upon a date to be deter-\nmined. Mr. Low has been on the National Security Council staff since 1974.\nBorn on December 2, 1927, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Low received his B.A.\ndegree in 1950 from Yale University. He attended the Fletcher School of Law\nand Diplomacy and received his M.A. in 1951 and his Ph. D. in 1956. He\nserved in the United States Army during 1946-47.\nMr. Low joined the Foreign Service in 1956 as an Intelligence Research\nOfficer for the Far East at the Department of State. He served in Kampala\nduring 1957-59, as an Economic-Labor Officer, prior to attending the Foreign\nService Institute as a Labor trainee during 1959-60. From 1960 to 1964, he\nwas the Labor Officer and later became the Chief of the Political Section in\nDakar. He was Officer in Charge of Guinea-Mali Affairs for the Department\nduring 1964-65 and served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary\nof State for Political Affairs from 1965 to 1967. He attended the National\nWar College during 1967-68 and from 1968 to 1971, he was Counselor for Poli-\ntical Affairs in Brasilia. He directed Brazilian affairs for the Department\nfrom 1971 to 1974, prior to joining the National Security Staff in 1974.\nMr. Low is married to the former Helen (Sue) Carpenter and they have three\nchildren. They reside in Bethesda, Maryland.\n#\n#\n#"
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