The President today announced that he will nominate Max L. Friedersdorf, of Alexandria, Va., to be a member of the Federal Election Commission.
Friedersdorf was born July 7, 1929, in Grammer, Ind. He received an A.B. from Franklin College in 1952 and an M.A. from American University in 1970.
From 1952 to 1960, Friedersdorf was a reporter and editor with the Indianapolis News, Chicago Daily News, Louisville Times, and Franklin (Indiana) Evening Star. From 1961 to 1970, he was an administrative assistant and press secretary for the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1971 Friedersdorf was Director of Congressional Relations for the Office of Economic Opportunity, and frown 1971 to 1973, he served as Special Assistant to the President. He was Deputy Assistant to the President from 1973 to 1975 and Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs from 1975 to January 1977. He is presently staff director for the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee.
Jimmy Carter, Federal Election Commission Nomination of Max L. Friedersdorf To Be a Member. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/243934