birth_place imagesize nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
thomasville , georgia 200px american march 8 , 1937 angie orson swindle.jpg orson swindle
 orson swindle federal trade commission florida state university georgia tech
orson swindle

orson swindle -lrb- born march 8 , 1937 in thomasville , georgia -rrb- , a decorated vietnam war prisoner of war , was a commissioner of the federal trade commission of the united states from december 18 , 1997 to june 30 , 2005 .
he had previously served as assistant secretary of commerce during the reagan administration .
swindle previously served as state director for the u.s. department of agriculture .
in 1994 and in 1996 he was a republican candidate for congress in hawaii 's 1st congressional district .
in 1996 he held the incumbent , democrat neil abercrombie , to 50 % of the vote .
swindle served in the u.s. marine corps , and he retired as a lieutenant colonel .
