The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald C. Latham to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence). This is a new position.
Since 1981 Mr. Latham has been serving as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Previously, he was with the Riverside Research Institute in 1980-1981; division vice president, engineering, at RCA Corp., government systems division, in Moorestown, NJ (1978-1980); director of engineering at Martin Marietta Aerospace, Orlando division, in 1977-1978; Deputy Chief, Office of Microwave, Space, and Mobile Systems, Department of Defense, in 1974-1977; Chief, Engineering Staff, National Security Agency, European Headquarters, in 1971-1974; and at Martin Marietta Aerospace, Orlando division, in 1963-1971.
He graduated from The Citadel (B.S., 1955) and the University of Arizona (M.S., 1957; E.E., 1965). He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, VA. He was born December 22, 1932, in Sayre, PA.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Donald C. Latham To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261267