The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles R. Hilty, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration. He would succeed Adis Maria Vila.
Currently Mr. Hilty serves as Associate Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he served as minority staff director for the House Committee on Agriculture, 1984 - 1991; Administrative Assistant in the Office of Congressman Edward Madigan, 1978 - 1984; and night wire editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in St. Louis, MO.
Mr. Hilty graduated from Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1960). He was born November 6, 1934, in Bluffton, OH. Mr. Hilty served in the Ohio National Guard, 1960 - 1966. He is married and resides in Washington, DC.
George Bush, Nomination of Charles R. Hilty To Be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/265555