The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert P. Davis to be Solicitor of the Department of Labor. He would succeed George R. Salem.
Since 1985 he has been a partner with the law firm of Anderson, Hibey, Nauheim, and Blair. Mr. Davis served as Chief of Staff to Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole, 1983 - 1985. He also served as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice, 1974 - 1980.
Mr. Davis graduated from Brown University (A.B., 1971), Boston University (M.A., 1972), and Georgetown University (J.D., 1980). He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, VA.
George Bush, Nomination of Robert P. Davis To Be Solicitor of the Department of Labor Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/248372