The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert L. Pettit to be Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation. He would succeed Jennifer Lynn Dorn.
Since 1986 Mr. Pettit has been a partner with the law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he was senior legal adviser to Commissioner Mary Dawson at the Federal Communications Commission, 1982-1986; an associate with the law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Holdreth, 1978-1982; and an attorney with the Renewal and Transfer Division of the Federal Communications Commission, 1977-1978.
Mr. Pettit graduated from the University of Missouri (B.A., 1974) and Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1977). He was born August 14, 1952, in Springfield, MO. Mr. Pettit is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Robert L. Pettit To Be Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253853