March 31, 1979
The President has signed an Executive order which sets the effective date for the establishment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as April 1, 1979.
The President today announced the appointment of Gordon Vickery as Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also effective April 1, 1979.
Vickery, 58, is Administrator of the United States Fire Administration. He is a former Seattle firechief. He received the Municipal League of Seattle Award for Outstanding Public Official of 1972.
Jimmy Carter, Federal Emergency Management Agency Appointment of Gordon Vickery as Acting Director. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249485