The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas Patrick Melady to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
Since 1976 Dr. Melady has been president of Sacred Heart University where he is also a professor of political science. He has been serving as chairman of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges.
He served previously as Ambassador to Burundi and to Uganda. He was a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. Dr. Melady was executive vice president of St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pa., prior to his position at Sacred Heart University. He was chairman of the department of Asian studies and non-Western civilization at Seton Hall University.
Dr. Melady is a member of the board of directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the International League of Human Rights, and the International Institute of Connecticut.
Dr. Melady was graduated from Duquesne University (B.A.) and Catholic University of America (M.A., Ph.D.).
Born in Norwich, Conn., on March 4, 1927, Dr. Melady is married and has two children. He resides with his family in Fairfield, Conn.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Thomas Patrick Melady To Be an Assistant Secretary of Education Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246710