United States Ambassador to Bolivia Nomination of Paul H. Boeker.

The President today announced that he will nominate Paul H. Boeker, of Toledo, Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Bolivia. He would replace William P. Stedman, Jr., resigned.

Boeker was born May 2, 1938, in St. Louis, Mo. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1960 and an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1967.

Boeker joined the Foreign Service in 1961, and served as a staff assistant in Bonn in 1961 and 1962. From 1962 to 1964, he was consular officer in Duesseldorf. He was economic officer in Bogota from 1964 to 1966, and a financial economist in the Office of Development and Finance at the State Department from 1967 to 1969.

Boeker was Chief of the Financial Operations Division in 1969 and 1970, and Director of the Office of Development and Finance in 1970 and 1971. In 1971 he also served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff.

From 1971 to 1974, Boeker was economic officer in Bonn. In 1974 he served as international relations officer at the State Department, and since 1974 he has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.