The President today announced the appointment of Michael A. McManus, Jr., to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Staff.
Mr. McManus has been corporate counsel to Pfizer, Inc., a multinational health care company, and general counsel of its international chemicals division. He previously served in the Department of Commerce during the Ford administration.
On the White House staff he will work closely with Mr. Deaver on a wide variety of administrative and other matters. In addition he will be responsible for the planning and coordination of administrative and logistical matters related to the President's trip to Europe this June.
Mr. McManus graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the Georgetown Law Center. He also attended the Pace University Graduate School of Business. He resides in New York City and was born in Scarsdale, N.Y., on March 11, 1943.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Michael A. McManus, Jr., as Deputy Assistant to the President Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244965