May 20, 1983
The President today announced his intention to nominate Jose S. Sorzano to be the Deputy
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He would succeed Kenneth L. Adelman.
Dr. Sorzano is currently serving as the Representative of the United States of America on the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Previously he was associate professor of
government at Georgetown University. He conducted lectures and seminars at Georgetown
University's School of Foreign Service. In 1976 - 1979 he was Director of the Peace Corps in
Bogota, Colombia, and supervised the largest Peace Corps program in Latin America. He was
escort interpreter with the Department of State in 1963 - 1965.
Dr. Sorzano is a recipient of many honors and awards, including the Superior Achievement
Award for outstanding performance of the duties and responsibilities of a Peace Corps Country
Director (1977) and a two-step meritorious increase in recognition of having tripled Peace Corps
programs in Colombia without increasing administrative and managerial costs (1979).
He graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S., 1965; Ph. D.,
1972). He is married, has two children, and resides in Arlington, Va. He was born in Havana,
Cuba, on November 9, 1940.