Reagan for President organization. Reagan won the election, defeating Carter's bid for a second term. Nofziger never sought to be Press Secretary in the White House, it being in his words "a young man's job". James Brady was named Press Secretary. Nofziger was instead named to the post of Assistant to the President for Political Affairs, and was employed in that position for about a year. Nofziger was a senior consultant for the 1984 Reagan-Bush Re-Election Campaign and a member of the 1985 Inaugural Committee. Nofziger also ran political campaigns for Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes. Wedtech scandal In 1987, Nofziger was investigated for allegedly violating the Ethics in Government Act when he lobbied on behalf of Wedtech Corporation, a defense contractor. Under this law, former government officials could not lobby their former office for a period of two years. Nofziger knew this, and for two years he did not lobby the Office of Political Affairs at the White House. Federal prosecutors said the law made it illegal for Nofziger to contact any office at the White House. Nofziger was indicted and later convicted of violating the law. Nofziger vigorously fought the indictment and conviction, which was eventually overturned on appeal. The government pressed its case to the United States Supreme Court, which refused to reinstate the conviction. Memoir Nofziger's political memoir, titled Nofziger, was published in October 1992 by Regnery Publishing. He wrote four Western novels with a hero named Tackett, a drifter who falls into situations that compel him to rescue women in distress. The Tackett series was an homage to Nofziger's friend, Louis L'Amour, author of The Sacketts and scores of other Westerns. Death Nofziger died on March 27, 2006 at his home in Falls Church, Virginia from kidney cancer, aged 81. Anti-metrication Nofziger and Frank Mankiewicz were major players in halting the 1970s metrication effort in the United States, largely by convincing President Ronald Reagan to shut down the United States Metric Board. Works Autobiography Nofziger; Lyn Nofziger; Regnery Publishing (September 1992); Other works The Tacketts; Lyn Nofziger; Jameson Books (May 2004); Unbridled Joy: The Verse of Joy Skilmer; Lyn Nofziger; MND Books (April 10, 2000); References External links 1924 births 2006 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II California Republicans Deaths from cancer in Virginia Metrication in the United States Military personnel from California Reagan administration controversies Reagan administration personnel San Jose State