CPSC Appoints Executive Director

Edgar Morgan has been named Executive Director of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The appointment by CPSC Chairman Nancy Harvey Steorts was unanimously approved by the other four members of the Commission.

Prior to his CPSC appointment Morgan served in a similar capacity with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission where he was responsible for the administration of the 3200 employee agency.

In an earlier stint with EEOC the native Pennsylvanian was Director of the Agency's Office of Congressional Affairs where he supervised the Legislative Counsel and EEOC's Congressional Liaison Division.

Before coming to EEOC as Executive Director, Morgan was Vice President of the National Oil Jobbers Council from June 1977 to January 1980 where his responsibilities included testifying before congressional committees and departmental hearings in addition to directing the technical, legal and public relations staff of the Council. The Council is a federation of 44 state and regional associations representing independent petroleum marketers of petroleum products.

In 1970 Morgan was appointed by New Jersey Governor William T. Cahill to establish the first office in Washington, D.C. for the State of New Jersey. Purpose of the office was to monitor, influence, and initiate legislation that would improve federal assistance to major industrial states such as New Jersey.

For a time Morgan was Consultant to the Assembly Minority, California State Legislature where he drafted the Mulford-Carrel1 Air Quality Act of 1967 establishing a statewide system for the first time to combat air pollution in the state of California.

Morgan began his career with the state legislature of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, PA. He is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College and attended the University of Maine, School of Law.