The President today announced his intention to nominate Paul D. Wolfowitz to be Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs). He would succeed John H. Holdridge.
Dr. Wolfowitz has been serving as the Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State since January 1981. Prior to that he was a professor in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He has served in government in various capacities: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Regional Planning), 1977-1980; and in several positions at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1973-1976, including Special Assistant to SALT and Deputy Assistant Director of ACDA. Prior to his government work, Dr. Wolfowitz was a professor at Yale University (1970-1973).
Dr. Wolfowitz received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1972. He is a resident of Washington, D.C., and was born on December 22, 1943.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Paul D. Wolfowitz To Be an Assistant Secretary of State Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245084