The President today announced his intention to nominate Donna R. Fitzpatrick to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Conservation and Renewable Energy). She would succeed Joseph J. Tribble.
Miss Fitzpatrick is presently serving as Acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy. Previously she was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy in 1984-1985. She was a sole practitioner in the general practice of law and a consultant to the Secretary and Under Secretary of Energy in 1983-1984. She was an associate attorney (1980-1983) and a legal assistant (1976-1980) with the firm of O'Connor & Hannan.
She graduated from the American University (B.S., 1972) and George Washington University (J.D., 1980). She was born May 9, 1948, in Washington, DC, where she now resides.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Donna R. Fitzpatrick To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260255