The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald P. Hodel to be Secretary of the Interior. He would succeed William P. Clark.
Mr. Hodel is currently serving as Secretary of Energy. From February 1981 until November 1982, he was Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Prior to this he was president of Hodel Associates, Inc., an energy consulting firm in Oregon. Mr. Hodel graduated from Harvard College (B.A., 1957) and the University of Oregon School of Law (J.D., 1960). He is married and resides in Arlington, VA. He was born May 23, 1935.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Donald P. Hodel To Be Secretary of the Interior Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259295