Lobbyist Appointed to White House Post
President Reagan announced Tuesday the appointment of M. B. Oglesby, a Washington lobbyist and former White House official, to succeed Kenneth M. Duberstein as his deputy chief of staff.
Duberstein has been promoted to chief of staff, effective Friday, succeeding former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., who said he plans to return to Tennessee.
Oglesby’s appointment will be effective on July 5.
Oglesby is vice chairman of the board of Hecht, Spencer & Oglesby, a firm of government relations representatives in Washington. He joined the firm in March, 1986, after resigning his White House post of assistant to the President for legislative affairs.
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