The President today announced his intention to nominate Wilmer D. Mizell, Sr., to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Government and Public Affairs). He would succeed James C. Webster.
Mr. Mizell is presently with Southern Tool Manufacturing Co., Inc., in Winston-Salem, N.C. He served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Economic Development Administration in 1975-1976. He served as United States Congressman, representing the Fifth District of North Carolina in 1969-1974. He was with the Winston-Salem Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. in 1963-1968. He played professional baseball in 1949-1953 and in 1955-1962.
He served in the United States Army in 1953-1955. Mr. Mizell is married, has two children, and resides in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was born August 13, 1930.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Wilmer D. Mizell, Sr., 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/246037