Department of Energy Nomination of William Walker Lewis To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced his intention to nominate William Walker Lewis, of Washington, D.C., to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and Evaluation. He would replace Alvin L. Alm, who is resigning.

Lewis is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation.

He was born March 29, 1942, in Roanoke, Va. He received a B.S. in physics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1963 and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Oxford University in 1966.

From 1966 to 1969, Lewis was with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis), where he served as Director of the NATO and General Purpose Force Analysis Division, and Director of the Strategic Concepts, Command and Control Division. From 1969 to 1971, he was associate provost for resource planning and a lecturer in public and international affairs at Princeton University.

From 1971 to 1973, Lewis was director of the office of analytical studies at the University of California at Berkeley. From 1973 to 1977, he was with the World Bank, serving as senior operations officer of the Industrial Development and Finance Division, Eastern Africa Region, and senior programing officer of the Programing and Budget Department.

In 1977 Lewis joined the Defense Department and served briefly as Deputy Assistant Secretary, then as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Analysis and Evaluation.