Board for International Food and Agricultural Development Appointment of Johnnie W. Prothro as a Member.

The President today announced the appointment of Johnnie W. Prothro, of Atlanta, Ga., as a member of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.

Prothro was born February 26, 1922, in Atlanta. She received a B.S. from Spelman College in 1941, an M.S. from Columbia University in 1946, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1952.

From 1952 to 1963, Prothro was a professor at Tuskegee Institute, and from 1963 to 1968, she was an associate professor at the University of Connecticut. From 1968 to 1972, she was head of the department of home economics and food administration at Tuskegee.

Prothro was a nutrition adviser at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta in 1972 and 1973, and from 1973 to 1975 taught at Tuskegee. Since 1975 she has been a professor in the dietetics program, division of allied health professions, at Emory University.