Mississippi River Commission Nomination of Maj. Gen. William Edgar Read To Be a Member and President.
January 15, 1981
The President today announced that he will nominate Maj. Gen. William Edgar Read to be a member and President of the Mississippi River Commission.
Read is division engineer of the United States Army Engineer Division, Lower Mississippi Valley.
Jimmy Carter, Mississippi River Commission Nomination of Maj. Gen. William Edgar Read To Be a Member and President. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/250723