Nomination of Chandler L. van Orman To Be Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration at the Department of Energy

The President today announced his intention to nominate Chandler L. van Orman to be Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration at the Department of Energy. He would succeed Marshall A. Staunton.

Mr. van Orman is currently a partner in the law firm of Wheeler & Wheeler in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was Executive Director for the Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries.

Mr. van Orman graduated from the University of North Carolina (A.B., 1963) and the University of Virginia (J.D., 1966). He was born January 15, 1941, in Oak Park, IL. Mr. van Orman is married, has two children, and resides in Chevy Chase, MD.