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Digitized from Box 17 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 29, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President today announced his intention to nominate Nathaniel
Davis, of Hoboken, New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Switzerland.
He will succeed Peter Dominick who has resigned.
Since April 1975, Ambassador Davis has been Assistant Secretary
for African Affairs. He served as Director General of the
Foreign Service from 1973 to 1975. He was Ambassador to Chile
from 1971 to 1973 and was Ambassador to Guatemala from 1968
to 1971. From 1966 to 1968 he was on the National Security
Council Staff at the White House. He was Minister to Bulgaria
during 1965.
In 1962, Ambassador Davis joined the Peace Corps as Special
Assistant to the Director of the Peace Corps and as Deputy
Associate Director for Program Development and Operations.
serving until 1965. He was Deputy Officer in Charge of Soviet
Affairs at the Department of State from 1956 to 1960. He had
assignments in Moscow (1954-56); Rome (1952-53); Florence (1949-
52); and in Prague (1947-49).
Ambassador Davis was born on April 12, 1925, in Boston,
Massachusetts, and received his B.A. degree from Brown University
and was a Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Ph. D. from the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He served in the United
States Navy during World War II.
Ambassador Davis is married to the former Elizabeth Creese and
they have four children.
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