Department of Energy Nomination of Phillip S. Hughes To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate Phillip S. Hughes, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy. His area of responsibility would be intergovernmental and institutional relations.

Hughes was born February 26, 1917. He received a B.A. from the University of Washington in 1938.

Hughes worked for the U.S. Bureau of the Budget from 1949 to 1969, serving as a budget examiner, Head of Congressional Affairs, and retiring as Deputy Director.

In 1969 and 1970, he served as acting president of the National Institute of Public Affairs. In 1971 and 1972, he was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, in charge of the public management studies project.

Hughes worked for the General Accounting Office from 1972 to 1977, serving as Director of the Office of Federal Elections from 1972 to 1973, and as Assistant Comptroller General after 1973. Since January 1977, he has been a consultant to the Development and Resources Corp. and the Smithsonian Institution.