United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Nomination of Barbara W. Newell for the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as U.S. Permanent Representative.

The President today announced that he will nominate Barbara W. Newell for the rank of Ambassador during her service as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. She replaces Esteban Torres, who has been appointed Special Assistant to the President.

Newell has been serving as Representative to UNESCO in a consultant capacity since earlier this year. She was previously president of Wellesley College and a professor of economics there.

She was born August 19, 1929, in Pittsburgh, Pa. She received a B.A. from Vassar College in 1951 and an M.A. (1953) and Ph.D. (1958) from the University of Wisconsin.

From 1951 to 1959, Newell was a research assistant, then teaching assistant, at the University of Wisconsin, then the University of Illinois. She was an assistant and associate professor of economics at Purdue University from 1959 to 1965 and served as assistant to the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin from 1965 to 1967.

From 1967 to 1971, Newell was at the University of Michigan, where she served as assistant to the president, acting vice president for student affairs, special assistant to the president, and then associate professor of economics. She was associate provost for graduate study and research and professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh in 1971-72. She was at Wellesley from 1972 to 1979.

Newell is a member of the Institute of International Education and was U.S. delegate to the OAS Conference on Women's Education in Buenos Aires. She is the author of several books and numerous articles.