The President today announced his intention to nominate JJ. Simmons III to be a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission for a term expiring December 31, 1990. This is a reappointment.
Mr. Simmons has been serving as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission since 1984. Previously, he was Under Secretary of the Interior in 1983-1984; member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1982-1983; vice president for government relations for the Amerada Hess Corp. in 1970-1982; Administrator, Oil Import Administration, Department of the Interior, in 1969-1970; Deputy Administrator, Oil Import Administration, in 1968-1969; Assistant Director of Oil and Gas, Department of the Interior, in 1961-1968; and vice president, secretary-treasurer, and geologist with Simmons Royalty Co., Muskogee, OK, in 1949-1961.
He graduated from St. Louis University (B.S., 1949) and attended the University of Detroit. He is married, has five children, and resides in Washington, DC. He was born March 26, 1925, in Muskogee, OK.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of J.J. Simmons III To Be a Member of the Interstate Commerce Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/257979