United States Ambassador to Morocco Nomination of Angler Biddle Duke.

The President today announced that he will nominate Angier Biddle Duke, of New York City, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Morocco. He would replace Richard B. Parker, who has resigned. Duke has been president of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy since 1976.

He was born November 30, 1915, in New York City. He attended Yale University. He served in the U.S. Army, then the U.S. Air Force from 1941 to 1945.

Duke joined the Foreign Service in 1949 and served as second secretary and consul in Buenos Aires until 1951. He was special assistant to the Ambassador in Madrid from 1951 to 1952 and served as Ambassador to El Salvador from 1952 to 1953.

From 1955 to 1960, Duke was president of the International Rescue Committee, and from 1956 to 1958, he also served as vice president of CARE.

He returned to Government service in 1961 as Chief of Protocol for the White House, with the rank of Ambassador, serving in that position until 1965 and again in 1968. From 1965 to 1968, he was Ambassador to Spain. From 1968 to 1969, Duke was Ambassador to Denmark.

From 1974 to 1976, he was commissioner of civic affairs and public events of the city of New York. He has served as chairman of the New York State Council on Ethnic Affairs since earlier this year.