Nomination of Robert R. Davis To Be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robert R. Davis to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 1989. He would succeed Philip M. Johnson.

He is presently serving as senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress. Previously, he was international economist, vice president and economist, economic research office, Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, IL (1979-1984); financial economist in the Division of Research of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1977-1979; economic consultant for National Management Consultants, Inc., in 1976; and visiting assistant professor, department of economics, Vanderbilt University, in 1975-1976.

He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., 1972; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1977). He is married and resides in Alexandria, VA. He was born April 3, 1949, in Atlanta, GA.