The President today announced his intention to nominate the following individuals to be members of the Mississippi River Commission. Brig. Gen. Thomas Allen Sands will be President of the Commission.
Thomas Allen Sands, Brigadier General, United States Army, would succeed Maj. Gen. William Edgar Read. He is Commanding General of the U.S. Army Engineering Division, Lower Mississippi Valley, in Vicksburg, MS. He graduated from the United States Military Academy (B.S.) and Texas A&M University (M.S.). He is married, has two children, and resides in Vicksburg, MS. He was born June 7, 1935, in Columbia, TN.
Robert Joseph Dacey, Brigadier General, United States Army, would succeed Maj. Gen. Richard Samuel Kern. He is Commanding General of the United States Army Engineer Division, Southwestern, Dallas, TX. He graduated from Norwich University (B.S.), the University of Missouri (B.S.), and George Washington University (M.A.). He is married, has two children, and resides in Dallas, TX. He was born May 15, 1935, in Watertown, NY.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Two Members of the Mississippi River Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260357