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FORMER MAINE GOV. BRENNAN SWORN IN AS FMC COMMISSIONER

FORMER MAINE GOV. BRENNAN SWORN IN AS FMC COMMISSIONER

   Former Maine Governor and Congressman Joseph E. Brennan was sworn in
Wednesday as a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission.
   Brennan, fills the Democratic seat left vacant since former FMC chairman
William D. Hathaway retired in February 1996.
   Brennan served as a U.S. Congressman from 1987 to 1991, representing Maine’s
first congressional district. During that time, he served on the House Armed Services
Committee and the now-dismantled House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee.
   He served as Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987.
   From 1991-1994, he practiced law with the Washington, D.C. firm of Verner,
Lipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand.