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Nomination of Richard D. DeLauer To Be an Under Secretary of Defense

March 03, 1981

The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard D. DeLauer to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.

Since 1970 Dr. DeLauer served as executive vice president of TRW, Inc. He was vice president and general manager of TRW Systems Group in 1968-71. Dr. DeLauer was vice president and general manager of the systems engineering and integration division in 1965-68. In 1963-65 Dr. DeLauer was director of ballistic missile program management, and in 1960-62 he was director of the Titan program office at TRW. In 1959-60 he was director of the vehicle development laboratory.

Dr. DeLauer was an aeronautical engineering officer in the U.S. Navy in 1943-58. He is a member of the Defense Science Board and is a member of the board of governors of the Aerospace Industries Association.

Dr. DeLauer was graduated from Stanford University (A.B., 1940); U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (B.S., 1949); California Institute of Technology (A.E., 1950; Ph.D., 1953).

Dr. DeLauer resides in Los Angeles, Calif. He was born in Oakland, Calif., on September 26, 1918.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Richard D. DeLauer To Be an Under Secretary of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246904

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