Nomination of Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard To Be United States Ambassador to Luxembourg

The President today announced his intention to nominate Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Luxembourg. She would succeed John E. Dolibois.

Mrs. Gerard began her career as an attorney with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York in 1977-1981. In 1981 she was named the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization at Paris, France, and accorded the rank of Ambassador by the President during the tenure of her service in this position. In 1982-1985 she was U.S. member of the Executive Board of UNESCO and vice president of the Board in 1983-1985. In 1984 she served as chairman of the U.S. delegation at the preparatory conference for the 1985 United Nations Decade for Women World Conference in Vienna, Austria. In 1983 Mrs. Gerard was chairman of the U.S. delegation to the 4th Extraordinary UNESCO General Conference in Paris, France, and vice chairman of the U.S. delegation to the 22d UNESCO General Conference in Paris. She was chairman of the U.S. delegation to the 2d UNESCO Conference on World Cultural Policies in Mexico City in 1982.

Mrs. Gerard as born March 9, 1938, in Portland, OR. She received her A.B. in 1959 from Vassar College and her J.D. in 1977 from Fordham University School of Law. Her foreign languages are French, Italian, and German. Mrs. Gerard is married to James Watson Gerard II, and they have two children.