The President today announced his intention to nominate Delbert L. Spurlock, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). He would succeed Harry N. Walters.
Since 1980 Mr. Spurlock has been serving as General Counsel at the Department of the Army. Previously he was an attorney with the firm of Spurlock & Thatch, Sacramento, Calif., in 1977-1980; chief, conflicts and interest division, California Fair Political Practices Commission, in 1975-1977; and acting professor of law at the University of California at Davis in 1972-1975.
Mr. Spurlock graduated from Oberlin College (B.A., 1963), Howard University (LL.B., 1967), and George Washington University (LL.M., 1972). He is married, has two children, and resides in Reston, Va. He was born April 3, 1941.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Delbert L. Spurlock, Jr., To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Army Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262117