Nomination of Mary Claiborne Jarratt To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary Claiborne Jarratt to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Food and Consumer Services).

Since 1975 Miss Jarratt has served as a professional staff member, Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives. In 1972-75 she was executive secretary to William R. Haley, member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Miss Jarratt was executive assistant to Representative Richard H. Poff of Virginia in 1967-72. In 1966—67 she was assistant to professor, Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Miss Jarratt was graduated from Mary Baldwin College (B.A., 1964) and received a degree of business certification from the Katharine Gibbs School in Boston, Mass. Miss Jarratt was born in Clifton Forge, Va., on October 29, 1942. She is a resident of Alexandria, Va.