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'''Clifton Dale Sittig''', known as '''Dale Sittig''' (born July 26, 1940), is the former director of the Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority, who previously served from 1995 to 2008 as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of his state’s Public Service Commission and from 1983 to 1995 as a state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in south [[Louisiana]].
'''Clifton Dale Sittig''', known as '''Dale Sittig''' (born July 26, 1940), is the former director of the Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority, who previously served from 1995 to 2008 as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of his state’s Public Service Commission and from 1983 to 1995 as a state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in south [[Louisiana]].
==Biographical sketch=
Sittig graduated in 1959 from Eunice High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunicehighschoolalumni.com/members1950s.html|title=Eunice High School alumni|publisher=eunicehighschoolalumni.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> He was elected to the House in a [[special election]] in 1983 created by the death of [[incumbent]] Democratic Representative Louis Dischler, Jr. Sittig was elected to full terms thereafter in 1983, 1987, and 1991, having hence served from 1983-1995. In the fall of 1992, Sittig challenged fellow Democratic Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Elmer "Tommy" Powell, Sr. (1924-2005), of Eunice in the District IV race, but he but lost by 354 votes out of some 283,000 cast. Powell received 141,894 (50.06 percent) to Sittig’s 141,540 (49.94 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 3, 1992.</ref> Powell, a Eunice [[petroleum]] dealer allied with the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[Russell Long]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-EUNICE-LA.html|title=Eunice, LA, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref> was one of the original PSC members elected when the membership was enlarged in 1975 from three to five members.
Sittig graduated in 1959 from Eunice High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eunicehighschoolalumni.com/members1950s.html|title=Eunice High School alumni|publisher=eunicehighschoolalumni.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> He was elected to the House in a [[special election]] in 1983 created by the death of [[incumbent]] Democratic Representative Louis Dischler, Jr. Sittig was elected to full terms thereafter in 1983, 1987, and 1991, having hence served from 1983-1995. In the fall of 1992, Sittig challenged fellow Democratic Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Elmer "Tommy" Powell, Sr. (1924-2005), of Eunice in the District IV race, but he but lost by 354 votes out of some 283,000 cast. Powell received 141,894 (50.06 percent) to Sittig’s 141,540 (49.94 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 3, 1992.</ref> Powell, a Eunice [[petroleum]] dealer allied with the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[Russell Long]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-EUNICE-LA.html|title=Eunice, LA, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=September 18, 2009}}</ref> was one of the original PSC members elected when the membership was enlarged in 1975 from three to five members.