The Bureau of Indian Affairs today announced the reassignment of three career officials to posts in the Southwest.
Theodore B. White will move to the post of superintendent of the Bureau's San Carlos Agency (Apache) at San Carlos, Ariz. The appointment becomes effective January 1, 1967. For the past year he has been employed as a community living and housing guidance specialist in the Washington, D.C., Central Office of the BIA.
White is a Sioux Indian, born in Oneida, Wis. He has been with the Bureau since 1955, serving in various field positions with the employment assistance program at Shiprock, N. Mex., Cleveland, Ohio, and Chicago, Ill. field offices.
He holds a B. A. degree from David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tenn. and an M. A. degree in social welfare from Loyola University, Chicago, Ill. During World War II he served four years with the U.S. Air Force.
Melvin L. Schwartz has been assigned to the Bureau's Phoenix, Ariz., area office as assistant area director for community services, effective January 15. He transfers from the post of superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency (Utes) at Ft. Duchesne, Utah.
A native of McClusky, N.Dak., Schwartz entered Government service with the Veterans' Administration in 1946, serving in progressively responsible positions with that agency until 1952. Joining BIA in 1952, he served first as administrative officer and later as assistant superintendent of the Western Washington Agency. Schwartz attended Sultan, Wash. schools. He served with the U.S. Army from November 1938 until December 1945, attaining the rank of captain.
Stanley D. Lyman will replace Schwartz as superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, effective January 15. He transfers from the Bureau's Ft. Peck Agency at Poplar, Mont., which serves Sioux and Assiniboines. A native of Montana, Lyman began his Government service with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in June 1941. In 1952, he joined the Bureau of Indian Affairs and was assigned as agency relocation officer at Pine Ridge, S. Dak. He later served in various posts with the Bureau's employment assistance program until 1962 when he became superintendent at Ft. Peck. Prior to his Government service, Lyman was a classroom teacher. He holds an M.A. degree from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley, Colo.
