The President today announced his intention to nominate Walter D. Weaver to be Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Since 1977 Mr. Weaver has been director, Department of Insurance, State of Nebraska. In 1974-77 he was corporate secretary and general counsel to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska in Omaha. During that time he also served as acting president, corporate transportation officer, and senior vice president, legal and customer service division. Mr. Weaver was professor, College of Public Affairs, University of Nebraska at Omaha, in 1971-73. In 1968-71 he served as executive director, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. He was deputy prosecuting attorney, Lancaster County, Nebr., in 1962-68.
Mr. Weaver was graduated from the University of Nebraska (B.S., 1960) and Creighton University School of Law (J.D., 1962). He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1945-49 and in 1950-51.
Mr. Weaver is married, has three children, and resides in Plattsmouth, Nebr. He was born December 31, 1927, in Callaway, Nebr.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Walter D. Weaver To Be Federal Insurance Administrator Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246292