The President today announced his intention to nominate O. Donaldson Chapoton to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy). He would succeed J. Roger Mentz.
Since 1986 he has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) at the Department of the Treasury. Prior to this he was senior partner, Baker & Botts, 1963-1986.
Mr. Chapoton graduated from the University of Texas (B.B.A., 1958) and the University of Texas School of Law (LL.B., 1960). He was born May 18, 1936, in Galveston, TX. Mr. Chapoton is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of O. Donaldson Chapoton To Be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253684