Louis Gambaccini
Louis J. Gambaccini | |
|---|---|
| New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation | |
| In office May 22, 1978 – September 25, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Russell Mullen |
| Succeeded by | Anne Canby |
Louis J. Gambaccini is an American government official who spent his career in the area of transportation.
He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and received an masters in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
He spent 30 years at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, including 12 as Vice President and General Manager of the Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) rail system and as Assistant Executive Director.[1] A resident of Ridgewood, New Jersey, he was nominated by Governor Brendan Byrne in 1978 to serve as New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation.[2] He held that post until the end of the Byrne administration in 1982.[3] Gambaccini later served eight years as the General Manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). He is a senior fellow emeritus at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.[1]
References
- ^ a b "The Louis J. Gambaccini Civic Engagement Series: Toward Better Citizenship". www.eagleton.rutgers.edu. Rutgers University. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Sulliban, Joseph F. "Byrne to Name Gambaccini Transport Commissioner; 'Manipulations' Assailed Plan to Aid State Railroads", The New York Times, April 6, 1978. Accessed March 28, 2016. "The Governor saif he had conferred with Senators from Bergen County and expected no problems in getting Mr. Gambaccini, a Ridgewood resident, confirmed as Transportation Commissioner once Mr. Byrne submitted the nomination to the Senate on April 17."
- ^ Stessel, Dan. "NJ TRANSIT HQ DEDICATED TO HONOR TRANSPORTATION VISIONARY LOUIS J. GAMBACCINI". www.njtransit.com. New Jersey Transit. Retrieved 22 March 2016.