The President today announced his intention to nominate Glenn L. Archer, Jr., to be an Assistant Attorney General (Tax Division), Department of Justice. He would succeed M. Carr Ferguson.
Since 1956 Mr. Archer has been a member of the law firm of Hamel, Park, McCabe and Saunders of Washington, D.C. As senior tax partner in the firm, he has participated in many contested and litigated tax cases at every level, as well as consultation, tax planning, and administrative and legislative matters for a variety of clients.
Mr. Archer graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1951) and George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1954). He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Tax Court, and U.S. Court of Claims.
He is married, has four children, and resides in Falls Church, Va. He was born March 21, 1929, in Densmore, Kans.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Glenn L. Archer, Jr., To Be an Assistant Attorney General Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246796