The President today announced his intention to nominate David B. Waller to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies.
Since 1982 Mr. Waller has been Senior Associate Counsel to the President, the White House. He was Associate Counsel in 1981-1982. From 1978 to 1981, he was an attorney with the Washington, DC, firm of Hogan & Hartson. From 1974 to 1978, he was a trial attorney with the Department of Justice, Civil Division, in Washington, DC.
Mr. Waller graduated from Denison University (B.A., 1970) and the University of Tulsa, College of Law (J.D., 1973), where he was editor of the Law Review. He currently resides in Washington, DC. He was born September 13, 1948, in Decatur, IL.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of David B. Waller To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/257844