The President today announced his intention to nominate Lawrence S. Eagleburger to be Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Mr. Eagleburger would succeed Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
Mr. Eagleburger is currently Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. He was Ambassador to Yugoslavia in 1977-80 and Deputy Under Secretary for Management in 1975-77. Mr. Eagleburger was Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State in 1973-75.
In 1973 he was Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Operations. Mr. Eagleburger was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Defense in 1971-73. He was political adviser to the Counselor for Political Affairs, U.S. Mission to NATO, in 1969-71. In 1969 he was executive assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In 1967-69 Mr. Eagleburger was special assistant to the Under Secretary of State and a member of the National Security Council in 1966-67.
Mr. Eagleburger graduated from the University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1952; M.S., 1957). He was born August 1, 1930.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Lawrence S. Eagleburger To Be an Under Secretary of State Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245069