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...agency has a new chief, the first woman ever to boss a U.S. regulatory commission. She is Virginia Mae Brown, 45, a lively brunette and loyal Democrat who was appointed to the eleven-member commission in 1964 by Lyndon Johnson. Having succeeded to the ICC's annually rotating chairmanship this year, she leads a staff of 1,784 that processes about 6,000 cases a year. "Peaches" Brown, as the ICC's $29,500-a-year chairman is known, also manages to take care of two children and make frequent trips home to the 700-acre Pliny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transportation: New Scenery for the ICC | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...earliest possible time, this Committee should consult with the President concerning the appointment, possibly as a University Professor, of a distinguished scholar deeply concerned with Afro-American Studies and identified with the black American experience and community. The person appointed to this Professorship should be invited to assume the Chairmanship of the Afro-American Studies Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Rosovsky Report: Black Studies Become a Reality | 2/6/1969 | See Source »

...Raise in Salary. Blount, of course, will unload his interest in the family company. So will another millionaire builder, Governor John Volpe of Massachusetts, who will head the Transportation Department. Volpe retained his chairmanship of the John A. Volpe Construction Co. while serving as Governor. He will sell his interest, which he estimates at about $1,000,000, and expects to lose a quarter of that in taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The New Administration: The High Cost of Serving the Country | 1/3/1969 | See Source »

That job goes with the U.S. Steel chairmanship, but Blough never seemed fully comfortable in the statesman's role. American steelmakers have been beset by many problems, notably the rising level of steel imports, which this year will capture about 16% of the U.S. market. Privately, steelmen have often faulted Blough for issuing terse press releases instead of fully articulating the industry's position on trade and other matters of public policy. Blough's effectiveness in Government relations was further impaired by his 1962 steel-price showdown with President Kennedy-after which J.F.K. complained: "My father always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: A New Boss for Big Steel | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

...strong, bold, often alone on the page. "We learned," he said, "to give the picture a chance." He began as executive editor of the magazine, became managing editor in 1944 after circulation had skyrocketed from an initial 250,000 to 4,040,300, and two years later assumed the chairmanship of LIFE'S board of editors, a position he held until his retirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 29, 1968 | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

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