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groups and agencies concerned with transportation in the Northeast Corridor. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Board of Directors: Carlton R. Sickles, Maryland Chairman Jay E. Ricks, Virginia, First Vice Chairman Rev. Jerry A. Moore, District of Columbia, Second Vice Chairman Cleatus E. Barnett, Maryland Herbert E. Harris II, Virginia Graham W. Watt, District of Columbia John B. Burcham, Jr. and Dickran Y. Hovsepian, Maryland, Alternates Charles E. Beatley, Jr. and Joseph Alexander, Virginia, Alternates Stanley J. Anderson and Margaret A. Haywood, District of Columbia, Alternates Jackson Graham, General Manager Warren Quenstadt, Deputy General Manager Schuyler Lowe, Executive Officer and Comptroller Delmer Ison, Secretary-Treasurer John R. Kennedy, General Counsel Roy T. Dodge, Chief of Engineering and Operations 950 South L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D. C. 20024 Telephone: 484-2600 The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is a govern- mental agency created by an interstate Compact entered into by and between the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia with the consent of Congress. Maryland ratified the Compact by Chapter 869, Acts of 1966. The Authority was created to plan, finance, and develop a regional rapid transit system for the national capital region. The Authority is controlled by a six-member Board of Directors (and six alternate directors), two each appointed by the three signa- tories to the Compact. The members from Maryland are appointed by the Washington Suburban Transit Commission; the members from Virginia by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the members from the District of Columbia by the District of Columbia City Council. The chief administrative officer of the Authority is the General Manager, and subject to policy direction by the Board, is responsible for all activities of the Authority (Code 1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., 1971 Supp., Art. 41, sees. 317-1—317-86). WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT COMMISSION Chairman: George A. Avery, District of Columbia Vice Chairman: Robert L. Sullivan, Jr., Maryland Commissioner: H. Lester Hooker, Virginia Douglas N. Schneider, Jr., Executive Director Charles W. Overhouse, Chief Engineer William H. McGilvery, Chief Clerk 1625 1 Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20006 Telephone: 382-4866 |
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