The President today announced his intention to nominate C. Dale Duvall to be Commissioner of Reclamation, Department of the Interior. He would succeed Robert N. Broadbent.
Mr. Duvall is presently serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Previously, he served as White House liaison at the Community Services Administration in 1981 and before that as a member of the staff in the office of the President-elect (1980-1981). From 1965 to 1980, he was partner and managing partner at Morris, Lee & Co. in Spokane, WA.
Mr. Duvall graduated from Kinman Business University, Spokane, WA, in 1960. He is married, has four children, and resides in Arlington, VA. He was born May 11, 1933, in Spokane, WA.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of C. Dale Duvall To Be Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259839