The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert E. Lamb to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Administration). He would succeed Thomas M. Tracy.
Since 1979 Mr. Lamb has been serving as administrative officer in Bonn, Germany. Previously he was Deputy Director (1977-1979) and Director (1979) of the Passport Office in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. He served as special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration in 1974-1976 and as Director of Personnel/Career Management in 1976-1977. His other assignments include executive assistant to the Ambassador in Monrovia, administrative officer in Kathmandu, and deputy director of the regional finance center in Bangkok.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1962). He is married and has three children. He was born November 17, 1936, in Atlanta, Ga.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Robert E. Lamb To Be an Assistant Secretary of State Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262945