The President today announced his intention to nominate Edward M. Elmendorf to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. He would succeed Thomas Patrick Melady.
Since August 1981, he has been serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Student Financial Aid Assistance, Department of Education. He has served in various positions with Johnson State College in Johnson, Vt., since 1966. He was president in 1974-1980 and vice president for administration in 1973-1974. He served as acting president from January until June of 1974. In 1966-1972, he was dean of admissions, financial aid and housing, and assistant to the president and director of summer sessions. Mr. Elmendorf was a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts in 1972-1973.
He graduated from Hartwick College (B.S., 1961), Springfield College (M.Ed., 1966), and the University of Massachusetts (Ed.D., 1975). He is married, has two children, and resides in Springfield, Va. He was born August 1, 1939.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Edward M. Elmendorf To Be an Assistant Secretary of Education Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245055