CPSC Commissioner Reappointed

WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 3) -- Dr. R. David Pittle has been unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a new term as Commissioner of the U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

One of the five original Commissioners at CPSC, Dr. Pittle's new term is for five additional years, expiring in October 1, 1982.

In June 1, 1977, Dr. Pittle received the first annual Eastern Consumer Conference Award "for his outstanding work for the Commission on behalf of consumers and their concerns."

Prior to his first appointment at CPSC in 1973, Dr. Pittle was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Public Affairs at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had taught since 1969. From 1963 to 1969, he was an instructor in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin.

Additionally, Dr. Pittle has been President of the Alliance for Consumer Protection, a voluntary consumer organization in Pittsburgh, as well as a member of the Consumer Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, the Consumer Relations Panel of the National Association of Homebuilders, the Consumer Federation of America, the American Council on Consumer Interests, the Consumer Standards Committees of the American Society for Testing and Materials, and the American National Standards Institute.

Dr. Pittle, a Democrat, was born in Washington, D.C., in 1938. He graduated from Montgomery Junior College with highest honors and first in his class and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering with high honors from the University of Maryland. He earned his M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin.