The President today announced his intention to nominate Orville G. Bentley to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Science and Education). This is a new position.
Mr. Bentley is presently serving on a consulting appointment to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, Agency for International Development, Department of State. He served on a consulting appointment to the Technical Assistance Bureau, Agency for International Development, Department of State, in 1970-1976. He was dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences and director of the agricultural experiment station at the South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. Dak., in 1958-1965.
He graduated from South Dakota State College (B.S., 1942) and the University of Wisconsin (M.S., 1947; Ph.D., 1950). He is married, has two children, and resides in Urbana, Ill. He was born March 6, 1918.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Orville G. Bentley To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246480