United States Ambassador to Honduras Nomination of Mari-Luci Jaramillo.

The President today announced that he will nominate Mari-Luci Jaramillo, of Albuquerque, N. Mex., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Honduras. She would replace Ralph E. Becker.

Jaramillo was born June 19, 1928, in Las Vegas, N. Mex. She received a B.A. in 1955 and an M.A. in 1959 from New Mexico Highlands University and a Ph.D. in 1970 from the University of New Mexico.

From 1962 to 1964, Jaramillo was a language arts consultant in the Las Vegas School System. From 1965 to 1969, she was assistant director of the Latin American education program at the University of New Mexico, and from 1969 to 1972 she was assistant director of instructional services of the Minority Group Center.

Jaramillo served as chairman and professor of the department of elementary education at the University of New Mexico from 1972 to 1975. In 1975-76 she was coordinator of Title VII teacher training. In 1976-77 she was an associate professor of education at the University of New Mexico, and since 1977 she has been a full professor.

Jaramillo is the author of numerous articles and chapters in professional journals and books and has taped several films used for educational instruction. She is a member of the National Association for Bilingual Education, the Latin Americanista Association, La Raza Films Coordinating Committee of McGraw Hill Broadcasting Co., and Bilingual Children's Television.