The President today announced that he will nominate William E. Peacock, of Washington, D.C., to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army. He would replace Robert L. Nelson, resigned, and his area of responsibility would be manpower and reserve affairs. Peacock has been Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Energy since 1977.
He was born June 5, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1963 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970 and maintains active Marine Corps Reserve status.
From 1966 to 1967, Peacock was a management consultant with McKinsey and Co. From 1970 to 1971, he was assistant general counsel of U.S. Financial Corp., in San Diego, Calif. From 1971 to 1972, he was an associate attorney with the San Francisco firm of Chickering and Gregory.
From 1972 to 1975, Peacock was assistant to the chairman of the board of Transamerica Corp. From 1975 to 1977, he was vice president and corporate counsel of the Crocker National Bank.
Jimmy Carter, Department of the Army Nomination of William E. Peacock To Be an Assistant Secretary. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/250042