MRC Members Swear In

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President Donald Trump appointed Kaiser as president of the Mississippi River Commission and Owen as a member of the commission in November. Commission appointments are nominated by the President of the United States and vetted by the U.S. Senate.

Kaiser is commander and division engineer of the Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, headquartered in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Owen is commander and division engineer of the Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

In addition to Kaiser and Owen, the current Mississippi River Commission is comprised of the following members: the Honorable Sam E. Angel, a civilian member from Lake Village, Arkansas; the Honorable R.D. James, a civil engineer from New Madrid, Missouri; the Honorable Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., a civil engineer from Metairie, Louisiana; Rear Adm. Shepard Smith, director, Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland; and Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, commanding general of Great Lakes and Ohio River Division headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Since 1879, the seven-member Presidentially appointed Mississippi River Commission has developed and matured plans for the general improvement of the Mississippi River from the Head of Passes to the Headwaters. The Mississippi River Commission brings critical engineering representation to the drainage basin, which impacts 41 percent of the United States and includes 1.25 million square miles, over 250 tributaries, 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces.

MRC Members Swear In

(left to right) With the Mississippi River in the background, Mr. Sam Angel, senior civilian member of the Mississippi River Commission, conducts the MRC swearing-in ceremony for Col. Paul Owen and Maj. Gen. Richard Kaiser. The commission now has all seven members confirmed.

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