The President today announced his intention to nominate George W. Douglas to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of 7 years from September 26, 1982. He would succeed Robert Pitofsky.
Mr. Douglas is currently president of Southwest Econometrics, Inc., in Austin, Tex. He was associate professor of economics at the University of North Carolina. He was visiting professor of economics at the University of Texas in 1974-1975. He was assistant professor of economics at the University of North Carolina in 1967-1973. He was an economist in the office of the Secretary of Transportation in 1968-1969. In 1965-1967 he was a lecturer in economics at the University of North Carolina.
He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1960; M.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1967). He is married, has two children, and resides in Austin, Tex. He was born August 10, 1938.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of George W. Douglas To Be a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/246770