Federal Maritime Commission Nomination of Richard J. Daschbach To Be a Commissioner.

The President today announced that he will nominate Richard J. Daschbach, of Walpole, N.H., to be Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission. He would replace Ashton Barrett. Daschbach is maritime counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee.

He was born November 19, 1936, in Columbus, Ohio. He received a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1958 and graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1962.

From 1963 to 1965, Daschbach was an area coordinator for the Area Redevelopment Administration in the Commerce Department. In 1965 and 1966, he was special assistant to the Assistant Administrator of the Economic Development Administration at Commerce.

Daschbach was Washington manager and counsel for Gulf South Research Institute from 1966 to 1968, and staff attorney for the Southern New Hampshire Legal Services Association in 1968 and 1969.

Daschbach was staff counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee from 1969 until 1973, when he became maritime counsel to the Committee.