The President announced today his intention to nominate Carol E. Dinkins to be an Assistant Attorney General (Land and Resources Division), Department of Justice.
Mrs. Dinkins is currently a partner with the firm of Vinson & Elkins of Houston, Tex. She was chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Coastal Zone Management and chief negotiator for the Governor with the Federal Task Office of Coastal Zone Management in Texas in 1979. Mrs. Dinkins was chairman of the Governor's Flood Control Action Group in 1980.
Mrs. Dinkins was adjunct assistant professor of law at Bates College of Law, University of Houston, in 1972-73. In 1971-73 she was principal associate, Texas Law Institute of Coastal & Marine Resources, Bates College of Law, University of Houston.
She was graduated from the University of Texas (B.S., 1968) and the University of Houston (J.D., 1971). Mrs. Dinkins is a member of the Texas and American Bar Associations. She is married to O. Theodore Dinkins, and they have two children. Mrs. Dinkins is a native of Corpus Christi, Tex., and was born on November 9, 1945.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Carol E. Dinkins To Be an Assistant Attorney General Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247126