The President today announced his intention to nominate Philip Abrams to be Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He would succeed Donald I. Hovde.
Since 1982 Mr. Abrams has been Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Previously he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing in 1981-1982. Prior to his position in the administration, he was a developer and builder in the general contracting business for 16 years. He is a member and past president of the Associated Builders and Contractors of America since 1967.
Mr. Abrams graduated from Williams College (B.A., 1961). He served in the United States Navy in 1961-1965 and the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1961-1969. He is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, D.C. He was born November 13, 1939, in Boston, Mass.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Philip Abrams To Be Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245495