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For Immediate Release: March 29, 1977

Three units of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Indian Education Resources Center in Albuquerque were cited for excellence of service by Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus March 28.

Department of the Interior Unit Citation Awards were presented to division chiefs by the Resources Center Administrator Dr. William J. Benham, Jr., representing the Secretary. The brief ceremony was part of a general staff meeting at the Center.

Receiving the awards for their units were John Carmody, Division of School Facilities; Dr. Thomas Hopkins, Division of Evaluation, Research and Development; and Dr. Robert Hall, Division of Continuing Education.

The Indian Education Resources Center is part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' central office structure. It serves the Director of Indian Education Programs in the development of policy and programs and provides technical assistance to regional and local field education units.