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Billie D. Ott has been appointed Assistant Director for Management Services in the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Administration,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today.
Ott, a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma, has been Assistant Director for Support Services in the Administration office. In his new position he replaces Sidney Mills who is now Executive Assistant to the Commissioner.
A Naval Academy graduate, Ott worked in private industry before coming to the Bureau in 1975. He was the Vice President and General Manager of Eastern Operations for the General Telephone and Electronics, Information Systems in Stamford, Connecticut from 1973-75.
A native of Comanche, Oklahoma, Ott resigned from military service in 1958 after combat service in Korea and completing flight training
as a Naval aviator.