The President today announced that he will designate Darius W. Gaskins, Jr., as Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, effective January 1, 1980.
Gaskins has been a member of the ICC since earlier this year. He replaces Daniel O'Neal as Chairman, who has announced his resignation, effective December 31, 1979.
Gaskins, 40, of Washington, D.C., is an economist with regulatory experience. He has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy Analysis, Director of the Office of Economic Analysis of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Director of the Bureau of Economics of the Federal Trade Commission, and as a professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley.
Jimmy Carter, Interstate Commerce Commission Designation of Darius W. Gaskins, Jr., as Chairman. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/248946