International Communication Agency Nomination of Mary G. F. Bitterman To Be an Associate Director.

The President today announced that he will nominate Mary G. F. Bitterman, of Honolulu, Hawaii, to be an Associate Director of the International Communication Agency. She would replace R. Peter Straus, resigned, and her area of responsibility would be broadcasting.

Bitterman has been executive director and general manager of the Hawaii Public Broadcasting Authority since 1974.

She was born May 29, 1944, in San Jose, Calif. She received a B.A. from the University of Santa Clara in 1966 and an M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1971) from Bryn Mawr College.

From 1969 to 1971, she was a lecturer in history at the University of South Florida. From 1971 to 1972, she was a research associate in Hawaiian history and lecturer in history at the University of Hawaii. From 1972 to 1974, she was project manager for the Hawaii Environmental Simulation Laboratory at the University of Hawaii.

Bitterman is chairman of the board of governors of the East-West Center, and serves on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program committee, transponder allocation committee, and legislative planning committee. She is vice chairman of the board of directors of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters.