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Appointment of James B. Furrh, Jr., as United States Federal Representative on the Sabine River Compact Administration

February 28, 1983

The President today announced his intention to appoint James B. Furrh, Jr., to be Federal Representative of the United States on the Sabine River Compact Administration (Louisiana and Texas). He will succeed Lamar E. Carroon.

Mr. Furrh has operated as an independent geologist, primarily in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, north Louisiana, east Texas, and Arkansas, since 1960. From 1954 to 1960, he was employed as petroleum geologist by Ohio Oil Co. (now Marathon Oil Co.) in Jackson, Miss.

He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (R.A., 1948; B.S., 1950). He is married, has three children, and resides in Jackson, Miss. He was born April 13, 1926, in Marshall, Tex.

Ronald Reagan, Appointment of James B. Furrh, Jr., as United States Federal Representative on the Sabine River Compact Administration Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262704

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