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Nomination of Chapman B. Cox To Be General Counsel of the Department of Defense

March 29, 1984

The President today announced his intention to nominate Chapman B. Cox to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense. He would succeed William H. Taft IV.

Mr. Cox is presently serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Previously he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Logistics) in 1981-1983. He was an associate with the law firm of Sherman & Howard (Denver) in 1972-1981 and a partner in the firm of Adams, Duque & Hazeltine (Los Angeles) in 1968-1972. He is a member of the Department of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board and the Department of the Navy Review and Oversight Council. He is also a member of the United States Naval Institute, the Navy League, and the Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association.

He graduated from the University of Southern California (B.A., 1962) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1965). He is married, has two children, and resides in Arlington, VA. He was born July 31, 1940, in Dayton, OH.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Chapman B. Cox To Be General Counsel of the Department of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261094

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