The President today announced his intention to nominate Jan W. Mares to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Import Administration) at the Department of Commerce. He would succeed Paul Freedenberg.
Since 1985 Mr. Mares has been Senior Policy Analyst for the Office of Policy Development at the White House. Prior to this he was Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, 1985, and Assistant Secretary for Policy, Safety and Environment, 1984.
Mr. Mares graduated from Harvard University (B.A., 1958; LL.B., 1963) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S, 1960). He was born December 12, 1936, in St. Louis, MO. He is married, has two children, and resides in Washington, DC.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Jan W. Mares To Be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/254009