Carl J. Cornelius, 57, an Oneida Indian from Green Bay, Wisc. and a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee for 36 years has been named Deputy Director of Management Services of the Bureau by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce. He replaces Harold Bassett, who transferred to the Office of Management and Budget.
In announcing the appointment the Commissioner said: “I am particularly pleased to make this appointment because Cornelius has carried out each of his assignments in the Bureau in exemplary fashion. He is responsive to Indian needs and inspires the confidence of Indians. I am sure he will continue to dedicate himself to Bureau service”.
Cornelius is a graduate .of Haskell Institute, now Haskell Indian Junior College, in Lawrence, Kans., operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He began his Bureau career in a clerical capacity at the Fort Berthold Agency, N. Dak. in 1935; moved to Turtle Mountain Agency, N. Dak., in 1941; and Consolidated Chippewa Agency, Minn., in 1943.
He was promoted to Field Representative at the Consolidated Chippewa Agency and in 1952 was made Placement Officer in the new Employment Assistance Program of the Bureau.
Cornelius became a Program Officer in the Sacramento Area Office in 1952, and moved to Washington, D. C. in 1962 to accept an assignment with the Branch of Tribal Operations. He moved from there to Reservation Programs, and then to the post of, Program Analyst in the Division of Program Coordination and Program Analysis and Development.
He was awarded a Superior Performance Award by the Bureau in 1961. Cornelius served in the U. S. Army in World War II. He is married and the father of two children.
