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For Immediate Release: June 1, 1971

Charles W. Swallow, 41, an Oglala Sioux "Indian, was today named J" Chief of the Branch of Credit and Financing of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D. C. Announcement was made by Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Swallow succeed Albert Huber, who retired.

Swallow entered Federal service in 1957 with the Bureau as a clerk in the Branch of Credit at the Rosebud Agency, S.Dak. In 1960 he transferred to the Home Loan Bank Board as a Federal Savings and Loan Examiner. In 1965, he pined the Small Business Administration as an Investment Company Examiner and later was promoted to Area Supervisory Investment Company Examiner. In this capacity he received a high quality performance award.

Born at Oglala, S. Dak., Swallow is married and the father of two children. He served in the U. S. Navy. He is a member of the Association of Federal Investigators and the American Accounting Association.