Department of Energy Nomination of Hazel Reid Rollins To Be Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration.

The President today announced his intention to nominate Hazel Reid Rollins, of Washington, D.C., to be Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration, Department of Energy. She would replace David Bardin, who is resigning.

Rollins has been with the Washington accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand since last May, as a firm principal for energy.

Prior to joining Coopers & Lybrand, she was Deputy Administrator of the Economic Regulatory Administration.

Rollins was born May 17, 1937, in Newport News, Va. She received a B.A. from Fisk University in 1959 and an LL.B. from Rutgers University Law School in 1966. After graduation from law school, she served as deputy attorney general for the State of New Jersey, as coordinator of the Community Action Workshop in Newark, as assistant director of the Essex County Legal Services Corporation, and as assistant prosecutor in Essex County. She also maintained a private law practice.

Rollins joined the Federal Government in 1972, serving at the Cost of Living Council as Director of the Self-Administered Industries Division, as deputy to the counselor to the Director, CLC, and as Director of the Public Services Division.

From 1974 to 1976, she was Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs/Special Impact in the Federal Energy Administration (FEA). She left that position to become General Counsel of the Community Services Administration, and returned to the FEA in 1977 as Assistant Administrator for Conservation and Environment.

The FEA was merged into the Department of Energy on October 1, 1977.