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Nomination of Fowler C. West To Be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

May 27, 1982

The President today announced his intention to nominate Fowler C. West to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 1987. He would succeed David Gay Gartner.

Mr. West has been staff director of the House Committee on Agriculture since 1973. He was staff consultant, House Committee on Agriculture, in 1971-1973. He served as administrative assistant to Congressman Poage in 1969-1971 and as a member of his staff in 1963-1965. He was on the staff of the House Committee on Agriculture in 1965-1969.

He graduated from Baylor University (B.A., 1963) and George Washington University (M.A., 1980). He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, Va. He was born July 6, 1940.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Fowler C. West To Be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246086

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