November 1, 1982
The President today announced his intention to nominate Samuel Friedlander Hart, of Virginia, a
career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to
Ecuador. He would succeed Raymond E. Gonzalez.
Mr. Hart served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in 1955 - 1957. He entered the
Foreign Service in 1958 and was political and economic officer in Montevideo in 1959 - 1961. In
1961 - 1962 he attended Indonesian language training at the Foreign Service Institute. He was
economic officer in Jakarta (1962 - 1964) and consular and political officer in Kuala Lumpur
(1964 - 1966). In the Department he was foreign affairs officer, then international economist in
the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs in 1966 - 1968. In 1968 - 1969 he attended
Vanderbilt University. He was economic and commercial officer in San Jose (1969 - 1971) and
counselor for economic and commercial affairs in Santiago (1971 - 1975). He was Deputy
Director of the Office of Economic Research and Analysis in the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research in the Department in 1975 - 1977. In 1977 - 1980 he was counselor for economic and
commercial affairs in Tel Aviv. Since 1980 he has been Director of the Office of Andean Affairs in
the Department.
Mr. Hart graduated from the University of Mississippi (B.A., 1955), the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy (M.A., 1958), and Vanderbilt University (M.A., 1969). His foreign language is
Spanish. He was born September 13, 1933, in Canton, Miss.