United Nations Nomination of loan Edelman Spero To Be U.S. Representative on the Economic and Social Council.

The President today announced that he will nominate Joan Edelman Spero, of New York City, to be the U.S. Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador. She would replace Melissa F. Wells, resigned.

Spero has been an assistant professor of political science at Columbia University since 1973.

She was born October 2, 1944, in Davenport, Iowa. She received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1966 and an M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1973) from Columbia University.

Spero is the author of two books and numerous articles on international economics. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Foreign Policy Association.