The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald J. Senese to be Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, Department of Education.
Since 1976 Dr. Senese has been senior research associate, Republican Study Committee, U.S. House of Representatives. In 1973-76 he was chief legislative assistant to Representative William Archer (R-Tex.). Dr. Senese served as legislative assistant and newsletter editor to Senator William Scott (R-Va.) in 1973. In 1969-72 he was associate professor of history at Radford University, Radford, Va.
Dr. Senese was a member of the General Administration Board of the Department of Agriculture Graduate School in 1975-80. He was elected to the national board of directors and also to the executive committee of the University Professors for Academic Order in 1978.
Dr. Senese was graduated from Loyola University of Chicago (B.S, 1964) and the University of South Carolina (M.A., 1966; Ph. D, 1970). He was named an Outstanding Young Man in America in 1976 and 1978.
Dr. Senese resides in Alexandria, Va. He was born in Chicago, Ill., on April 6, 1942.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Donald J. Senese To Be an Assistant Secretary of Education Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246489