The President today announced his intention to nominate Alfred C. Sikes to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. He would succeed David John Markey.
Since 1978 he has been serving as president of Sikes and Associates, Inc., in Springfield, MO. Previously, he was president of Sikes and Mahaffey, Inc., a political consulting firm, in 1977-1978; director of the Missouri Department of Consumer Affairs, regulation and licensing, in 1974-1976; and director of the Missouri Department of Community Affairs in 1973-1974.
He graduated from Westminster College (B.A., 1961) and the University of Missouri (LL.B., 1964). He is married, has three children, and resides in Springfield, MO. He was born December 16, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Alfred C. Sikes 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/257745