Appointment of Christopher Hicks as Deputy Assistant to the President for Administration
The President today announced his intention to appoint Christopher Hicks to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Administration.
Mr. Hicks has served since April 1984 as the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury and as Executive Secretary for the Treasury Department. He joined the Department in December 1983 as Executive Secretary. Previously Mr. Hicks, 34, was the Associate Director (Economic and Transportation Group) of the Office of Presidential Personnel at the White House. From March 1981 to May 1982, he was Associate Counsel in the Office of the Counsel to the President.
Prior to joining the Reagan administration, Mr. Hicks was a trial attorney with the firm of Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston, TX. He also served for a year as a law clerk to the Supreme Court of Texas. During the 1980 Presidential campaign, Mr. Hicks was an advance man for the Reagan/Bush campaign.
Mr. Hicks received his bachelor of arts degree from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO, in 1972 and earned his J.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1977. At SMU he was an editor of the law review, an officer of the student government, and a member of Barristers (an honorary scholastic/service organization).
Mr. Hicks resides in Maryland with his wife, Elizabeth Bellamy Hicks, and son, Austin Bellamy Hicks.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Christopher Hicks as Deputy Assistant to the President for Administration Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260661