The President today announced his intention to nominate David A. Zegeer to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. He would succeed Ford Barney Ford.
Since 1977 Mr. Zegeer has owned and run a mining consulting business in Lexington, Ky. Previously he was manager and division superintendent, Bethlehem Mines Corp. (1956-1977), and served in various positions at Consolidation Coal Co., including assistant to the president (1946-1956).
Mr. Zegeer graduated from West Virginia University School of Mines (BSEM, 1944). He is married, has three children, and resides in Lexington, Ky. He was born August 27, 1922, in Charleston, W. Va.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of David A. Zegeer 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/261507