The President today announced his intention to nominate William W. Hoover to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Defense Programs). He would succeed Herman W. Roser.
General Hoover is currently Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Application and Director of Military Application at the Department of Energy. Previously he was Commander of the Lowry Technical Training Center, Lowry Air Force Base, CO (1978-1979); Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (1976-1978); Executive Officer to the Command's Chief of Staff, Operations, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (1974-1976); Executive Officer to the Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (1973-1974); and Commander of the 6498th Air Base Wing (1972-1973).
General Hoover graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., 1954) and from the Air Force Institute of Technology (M.S., 1960). He also attended the Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL. (1965), and the National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair (1971). He is married, has three children, and resides in Gaithersburg, MD. He was born March 30, 1932, in St. Joseph, MO.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of William W. Hoover To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261610