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, vice George Hall, for a term of 4 years.

Since 1973 Mr. Sousa has been vice president and general counsel of the Hawaiian Telephone Co., a subsidiary of General Telephone & Electronics Corp. In 1968-73 he was counsel, later senior counsel, and finally administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission. Mr. Sousa worked with U.S. Steel Corp. in 1967. Previously, in 1959-67, Mr. Sousa worked in the traffic department and was later Western regional distribution manager with Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., of San Francisco, Calif. Prior to 1959 he was manager of trade promotion and documentation at Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

He was 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 Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born in Hong Kong, China, on August 8, 1927.