Appointment of William Eugene Baumgaertner as a Member of the National Capital Planning Commission

The President today announced his intention to appoint William Eugene Baumgaertner to be a member of the National Capital Planning Commission for the term expiring January 1, 1991. He would succeed Helen M. Scharf.

Mr. Baumgaertner is currently department head for traffic and planning with Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc., in Greenbelt, MD. Previously, he was project manager (senior traffic engineer) with Hennington, Durham & Richardson, Inc., in Atlanta, GA (1980-1982); chief, traffic engineering division, Anne Arundel County, MD (19791980); and project engineer (senior traffic engineer), Hennington, Durham & Richardson, Inc., Chevy Chase, MD (1978-1979).

Mr. Baumgaertner graduated from the University of Maryland (B.S., 1971; M.S., 1978). He is married and resides in Annapolis, MD. He was born March 9, 1947, in Louisville, KY.