June 26, 1985
The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles A. Trabandt to be a member of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, for a term expiring October
20, 1988. He would succeed Georgiana H. Sheldon.
Mr. Trabandt is Counsellor to the Controller at the Department of the Interior. He joined the
Department of the Interior in 1984 as executive assistant to the Secretary. Previously he was on
the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, serving as chief counsel
(1981 - 1984) and minority staff counsel (1977 - 1981). He was minority counsel for the Energy
Research and Development Subcommittee, Committee on Science and Technology, in 1975 -
1977. He was program manager for Tetra Tech, Inc., in Arlington, VA, (1972 - 1975) and at the
Central Intelligence Agency in 1969 - 1972.
He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., 1963) and Georgetown University Law
Center (J.D., 1975). He is married, has four children, and resides in Arlington, VA. He was born
November 26, 1941, in Baltimore, MD.