The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael Huffington to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Trade Administration). He would succeed Lawrence J. Brady.
Since 1976 he has served as director, executive vice president, and chief financial officer of Roy M. Huffington, Inc., in Houston, TX. Previously he was cofounder and director of Simmons and Company International in Houston, TX (1974-1976). He was with the First National Bank of Chicago in 1972-1974.
Mr. Huffington graduated from Stanford University (A.B., B.S., 1970) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A., 1972). He was born September 3, 1947, in Dallas, TX, and now resides in Houston, TX.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Michael Huffington 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/261450