1967 PSC Annual Report - Missouri Public Service Commission

Commissioner Charles J. Fain was appointed to the Public
5 e r vic e Commission on October 1, 1965, by Governor Warren E.
Hearnes for a six-year term.
ARe pub 1 i can from
Bra n son, Missouri, he has
practiced law since 1951 when
he was admitted to the M i ssouri
Bar, except for a threeyear
per i 0 d in Washington,
D. C., as Assistant totheAdministrator,
REA. He was a
partner in the firm of Fain and
Rea, Attorneys at Law, Branson,
Missouri, engaged in the
general p r act ice, and is a
member of the Missouri Bar,
Taney County Bar, the Bar Association
of St. Louis and the
American Bar Association.
He served two terms
in the Missouri Legislature as
a Representative from Taney
C 0 un t y, serving as Speaker
Pro Tem his secondterm. He
was the author of the original
Leg is 1at ion creating Missou
r i ! s first Little Hoover
Commission Act in the 67th
General A ssembly and 1ate r
served a s a member of t hat
CHARLES J. FAIN first Little Hoover Commis-
Commissioner sian in Missouri. He holds an
LL. B. degree from the Universityof
Missouri, School of Law and a masters degree in law from
George Washington University, Washington, D. C. He servedas City
Attorney, -Branson, Missouri, for two terms and is a former presiden
t of the Branson, Missouri, Chamber of Commerce. He was a
combat navigator, U. S. A ir Force in World War II in the Central
Pacific Theater 0 f Action. He is now serving as Vice-Chairman of
the Commission and as a NARUC Cooperator with the federal regulatory
agencies.
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