The President today announced his intention to nominate Theodore J. Garrish to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional, Intergovernmental, and Public Affairs). He would succeed Robert C. Odle, Jr.
Since 1983 Mr. Garrish has been serving as General Counsel of the Department of Energy. Previously, he was special assistant to the Secretary of Energy in 1983; legislative counsel at the Department of the Interior in 1981-1982; partner in the law firm of Deane, Snowdon, Shutler, Garrish and Gherardi; General Counsel of the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1976-1978; assistant to the Secretary of the Interior in 1976; Deputy General Counsel in the Office of Consumer Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in 1975-1976; and assistant to the Special Counsel at the White House in 1974.
He graduated from Wayne State University (A.B., 1964; J.D., 1968). He has two children and resides in Alexandria, VA. He was born January 6, 1943, in Detroit, MI.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Theodore J. Garrish To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259469