The President today announced his intention to nominate Helmuth A. Merklein to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs). He would succeed Henry E. Thomas IV.
Dr. Merklein is a professor in the department of petroleum engineering at Texas A. & M. University. Previously he was dean of the graduate school of management at the University of Dallas in 1980-1982. In 1970-1980 he was a graduate-level teacher of oil and gas consulting. He was with Core Laboratories in reservoir engineering, reserve evaluations, and international petroleum consulting in 1965-1968.
Dr. Merklein graduated from the University of Oklahoma (B.S., 1959) and the University of Dallas (M.B.A., 1968). He received his Ph.D. from Texas A. & M. University in 1970. He is married, has two children, and resides in Irving, Tex. He was born May 26, 1935, in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Helmuth A. Merklein To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261684