The President today announced his intention to nominate Chapman B. Cox to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel). He would succeed Lawrence J. Korb.
Mr. Cox is presently serving as General Counsel at the Department of Defense. Previously he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs in 1983-1984. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Cox was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Logistics.
He graduated from the University of Southern California (B.A., 1962) and Harvard Law School (.I.D., 1965). He is married, has two children, and resides in Arlington, VA. He was born July 31, 1940, in Dayton, OH.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Chapman B. Cox To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259004