The President today announced his intention to nominate William Perry Pendley to be an Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Energy and Minerals). He would succeed Daniel N. Miller, Jr.
Mr. Pendley is currently serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Energy and Minerals. Previously he was Acting Director, Minerals Management Service, at the Department of the Interior in 1982-1983; minority counsel, Mines and Mining Subcommittee, Interior and Insular Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives in 1978-1981; and legislative assistant for Senator Clifford Hansen in 1976-1978.
He graduated from Georgetown University (B.A., 1967; M.A., 1968) and the University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D., 1976). He is married, has one child, and resides in Arlington, Va. He was born April 3, 1945, in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of William Perry Pendley To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262760