The President today announced his intention to nominate Ruth O. Peters to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 1987. She would succeed Paula D. Hughes.
Ms. Peters was Director of the Office of Postmasters (1976-1980); General Manager, Employment and Placement Division, U.S. Postal Headquarters. (1971-1976), and Chief, Research and Examination Branch, U.S. Postal Headquarters (1957-1971).
Ms. Peters graduated from the University of Southwest Louisiana (B.A., 1948) and American University (M.A., 1958). She resides in Arlington, Va., and was born April 19, 1925, in Oakdale, La.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Ruth O. Peters To Be a Governor of the United States Postal Service Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262414