The President today announced that he will nominate Michael E. Witt, of Aurora, Colo., to be Assayer of the Mint of the United States at Denver. He would replace Hildreth Frost, resigned. Witt has been Supervisor of the Survey Evaluation Section at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colo., since 1978.
He was born June 1, 1947, in Angola, Ind. He received a B.S. from the University of Florida in 1969 and a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in 1973. He served in the U.S. Army from 1974 to 1976.
Witt has been with the Rocky Mountain Arsenal since 1974. From 1974 to 1976, while serving in the Army, he was Deputy Director of Product and Environmental Assurance, Arsenal Quality Assurance Officer, and Acting Chief of the Material Analysis Laboratory Division. As a civilian, he has served as Chief of the Material Analysis Laboratory and as Supervisor of the Survey Evaluation Section.
Jimmy Carter, United States Mint at Denver Nomination of Michael E. Witt To Be Assayer. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/248349