Nomination of Anthony G. Sousa To Be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Anthony G. Sousa to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, for a term expiring October 20, 1988. This is a reappointment.

Mr. Sousa has been a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission since 1981. Previously he was vice president and general counsel of the Hawaiian Telephone Co., a subsidiary of General Telephone & Electronics Corp., in 1973-1981. In 1968-1973 he was counsel, later senior counsel, and finally administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission. Mr. Sousa worked with the U.S. Steel Corp. in 1967. From 1959 to 1967, he worked in the traffic department and was later Western regional distribution manager with Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., of San Francisco, CA. Prior to 1959, he was manager of trade promotion and documentation at the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

He graduated from St. Luiz Gonzaga College (B.A., 1945) and the University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., 1966). Mr. Sousa is married, has three children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born in Hong Kong, China, on August 8, 1927.