The President today announced his intention to nominate Dale A. Petroskey to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation (Public Affairs). He would succeed Jennifer Ann Hillings.
Mr. Petroskey served in the White House as Assistant Press Secretary from April 1985 to March 1987. Prior to this, he was administrative assistant to U.S. Congressman William Goodling, 1981-1985; press secretary to Congressman Mark Siljander, April 1981-December 1981; and assistant press secretary for Michigan house Republicans in Lansing, MI, 1978-1981.
Mr. Petroskey graduated from Michigan State University (B.A., 1978). He was born August 17, 1955, in Detroit, MI. He is married and resides in Springfield, VA.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Dale A. Petroskey To Be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/252621