He has received two Presidential appointments to subcabinet positions. In 1973 President Nixon appointed him to be Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and in 1989 President Bush appointed him to be General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Energy. In 1985, he was named Vice Chairman of General Counsel of United Energy Resources Inc., which was at that time a large, diversified Houston energy company. He also served as President of its major interstate gas transmission company, United Gas Pipe Line Company. Created in 1982, the Houston Advanced Research Center is a private, nonprofit, university-linked institution dedicated to scientific research that addresses problems of society.
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