The President today announced his intention to nominate Lawrence J. Brady to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Trade Administration).
In 1980 Mr. Brady was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. He was also director of the New Hampshire Coalition for Peace Through Strength. From October 1974 to January 1980, he was Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Export Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In 1971-74 Mr. Brady was senior staff member and special advisor for congressional relations with the Council on International Economic Policy at the White House.
In 1970-71 he was senior international economist, Office of International Trade, Department of State. Mr. Brady was minority counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers in 1967-70. He previously worked as a legislative aide to the Senate Minority Secretary. He was a staff assistant with Senator Norris Cotton in 1958-63.
Mr. Brady received his Ph.D. in international affairs and economics from Catholic University. He is married and has three children. He resides with his family in Bedford, N.H. Mr. Brady was born in Berlin, N.H., on April 22, 1939.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Lawrence J. Brady To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246887