Ronald Reagan: Nomination of William P. Clark to be Deputy Secretary of State

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Nomination of William P. Clark to be Deputy Secretary of State
January 23, 1981

Ronald Reagan
1981

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The President today announced his intention to nominate William P. Clark as Deputy Secretary of State.

Mr. Clark is currently an associate justice on the California State Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1973.

From 1971 to 1973, Mr. Clark was an associate justice for the California Court of Appeals. Previously he served as a judge for the Superior Court of California from 1969 to 1971.

From 1967 to 1969, Mr. Clark was chief of staff to Governor Reagan in Sacramento. He was responsible for the reorganization of the executive branch of State government. At that time he was also chairman of the Chile-California program, a three-way contract among AID, Chile, and California. Mr. Clark dealt extensively with several departments of the Federal Government's executive branch as well as the congressional delegation from California.

From 1959 to 1969, he was senior partner with the law firm of Clark, Cole and Fairfield in Oxnard, Calif. Following World War II he served in the counterintelligence corps in Western Europe. He has traveled extensively in Western Europe and Mexico. His law practice included representing clients in and from Western Europe and Mexico. He has lectured on comparative law in Budapest and Salzburg.

Mr. Clark attended Stanford and Santa Clara Universities and Loyola Night Law School. He is a fourth generation Californian and is married to the former Joan Brauner. They have five children.

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43690.

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