The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael R. Darby to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Economic Policy). He would succeed Manuel H. Johnson, Jr.
Since 1978 Dr. Darby has been a professor of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles; an associate professor, 1973-1978; and a visiting assistant professor, 1972-1973. Previously, he was at Ohio State University in the department of economics as an assistant professor, 1970-1973; and director of the division for economic research, 1971-1972.
Dr. Darby graduated from Dartmouth College (A.B., 1967) and the University of Chicago (M.A., 1968; Ph.D., 1970). He is married, has two children, and resides in Woodland Hills, CA. Dr. Darby was born November 24, 1945, in Dallas, TX.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Michael R. Darby 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/258247