The President today announced his intention to nominate Janet L. Norwood to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, for a term of 4 years. This is a reappointment.
She has been serving as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics since 1979. She joined the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1963 and has held various positions there, including Deputy Commissioner in 1973-1978 and Acting Commissioner in 1978-1979.
Dr. Norwood graduated from Douglass College, Rutgers University (B.A., 1945), and Tufts University (M.A., 1946; Ph.D., 1949). She is married, has two sons, and resides in Bethesda, Md. She was born December 11, 1923, in Newark, NJ.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Janet L. Norwood To Be Commissioner of Labor Statistics Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262059