The President today announced his intention to nominate Grant S. Green, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) at the Department of Defense. He will succeed Robert Clifton Duncan.
Since January 1987 Mr. Green has been Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council at the White House. Prior to this he served as assistant to the chairman for Sears World Trade, 1984-1987; as senior director of regional management and special services in 1984; and director of special services in 1983. Mr. Green served in the U.S. Army, 1960-1983.
Mr. Green graduated from the University of Arkansas (B.A., 1960) and George Washington University (M.S., 1979). tie was born on June 16, 1938, in Seattle, WA. He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, VA.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Grant S. Green, Jr., To Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251795