United Nations Children's Fund Appointment of James P. Grant as U.S. Representative on the Executive Board.

The President today announced the appointment of James P. Grant, of Washington, D.C., as U.S. Representative on the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund. He replaces Michael N. Scelsi, resigned.

Grant is president and chief executive officer of the Overseas Development Council in Washington.

He was born May 12, 1922, in Peking, China. He received an A.B. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1943 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945.

Grant practiced law from 1951 to 1954. He was regional legal counsel for the Mutual Security Agency in New Delhi from 1954 to 1956, and director of the U.S. Mission of the International Cooperation Administration in Ceylon from 1956 to 1958. From 1958 to 1962, he was Deputy Director for Program Planning of the International Cooperation Administration.

From 1962 to 1964, Grant was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs. From 1964 to 1967, he was Director of the U.S. Mission of AID in Turkey, and from 1967 to 1969, he was Assistant Administrator of AID. Since 1969 he has been president of the Overseas Development Council.