The President today announced his intention to nominate David O'Neal to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. He will succeed David A. Zegeer.
Since 1985 Mr. O'Neal has served as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Land Management for the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was president of O'Neal Inns, Ltd., 1984-1986, president of O'Neal Printing, 1982-1984, and executive vice president of Aviation Systems International, 1981-1982.
Mr. O'Neal graduated from St. Louis College of Pharmacy (B.S., 1962). He served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1956-1959. He was born January 24, 1937, in Belleville, IL. Mr. O'Neal has two children and resides in Arlington, VA.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of David O'Neal To Be an Assistant Secretary of Labor Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253686