The President today announced his intention to nominate Raymond D. Lett to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Marketing and Inspection Services). He would succeed C.W. McMillan.
Mr. Lett is currently serving at the Department of Agriculture as Executive Assistant to the Secretary. He was assistant director of the State of Illinois Department of Agriculture in 1977-1981; State executive director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) in Illinois in 1971-1977; and district director for northeast Illinois of the ASCS in 1968-1971.
He graduated from Iowa State University (B.A., 1956). He is married, has three children, and resides in Vienna, VA. He was born December 16, 1934, in Sandwich, IL.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Raymond D. Lett To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259816