Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 16, 2002
LINDA J. MORGAN was designated Chairman of the Surface
Transportation Board on January 2, 1996. On November 10, 1999, by
a vote of 96-3, the Senate confirmed her for a second term at the
Board, expiring December 31, 2003, and on November 15, 1999,
President Clinton re-designated her as Chairman. In January 2001,
she was asked by the Bush Administration to continue to serve as
Chairman. She was originally nominated to the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC, the predecessor agency to the Board) by
President Clinton on February 2, 1994, and took the oath of
office on April 28, 1994, for a five-year term expiring December
31, 1998. On March 23, 1995, President Clinton designated her as
the ICC's Chairman. At the time of her appointment to the ICC,
Chairman Morgan had served for 15 years in various positions with
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
where she was responsible for much of the legislation that
established the framework for today's surface transportation
system. Most recently, she had served as the first female General
Counsel of the Committee, then chaired by Senator Ernest F.
Hollings . Before joining the Committee, Chairman Morgan was an
associate for two years in the Washington, DC, law firm of Welch
& Morgan, where she worked on a variety of legal and regulatory
matters. Chairman Morgan graduated from the Sidwell Friends
School in 1969 and from Vassar College in 1973 with an AB in
Hispanic Studies. She received her law degree from the Georgetown
University Law Center in 1976, and upon graduation, was presented
the 1976 Law Center Award for the Most Outstanding Student
Contribution. In 1991, she completed the Program for Senior
Managers in Government at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy
School of Government. Profile
Transportation Board, what it does exactly?
Ms. Morgan: The Board is an independent economic regulatory body
that oversees various
