The President today announced his intention to appoint Robert B. Barker to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy. This is a new position.
Since 1985 Dr. Barker has been Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy at the Department of Defense in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Deputy Assistant Director of the Bureau of Verification and Intelligence at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1983-1985. Dr. Barker also worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as assistant associate director for arms control, 1982-1983; special projects division leader, 1978-1982; and evaluation and planning division leader, 1973-1978.
Dr. Barker graduated from Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960) and Syracuse University (Ph.D., 1966). He was born March 9, 1939, in New York, NY. He is married, has three children, and resides in Arlington, VA.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Robert B. Barker as an Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253773