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Britton, Theodore R., Jr. [Biography]
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Digitized from Box 5 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced his intention to nominate Theodore R.
Britton, Jr., of Bronx, New York, to be Ambassador to Barbados and
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador
to the State of Granada. He will succeed Eileen R. Donovan, who has
resigned.
Since 1971, Mr. Britton has been Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. From 1967 to 1971 he was President of American Baptist
Management Corporations. In 1964 he was named Manager of Real Estate
for the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, serving until 1967.
From 1948 to 1955 he was the Business Manager for the New York City
Mission Society, then Mortgage Officer for the Carver Federal Savings
and Loan Association, and the Capital Mortgage Corporation of
Brooklyn, New York.
Mr. Britton was born on October 17, 1925, in North Augusta, South
Carolina. He received his B. A. degree from New York University
in 1952 and did additional graduate work at New York University Graduate
School of Business. He served in the United States Marine Corps from
1944 to 1951.
Mr. Britton is married to the former Ruth Baker and they have five
children. They reside in Washington, D. C.
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