Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce today announced the appointment of William L. Benjamin, 54, an enrolled member of the Wisconsin Band of Chippewa Indians, to the post of Superintendent of the Fort Peck, Montana, and Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He assumed his duties October 31.
Benjamin replaces Anson A. Baker who has been transferred to the position of Superintendent of the Crow, Montana, and Agency of the Bureau. He comes to the Fort Peck Agency from the Wind River, Wyoming, and Agency of the Bureau where he was supervisory civil engineer.
Benjamin was born at Winifred, Montana, and attend the university of North Dakota and Montana State University. He received a superior performance award for Bureau service in 1969.
Benjamin began his career with the Bureau in 1948 as an engineering aid at the Blackfeet, Montana, and Agency. He then served as soil conservation engineer and agricultural engineer with the same agency. He moved to the Hind River Reservation in 1962 as a civil engineer and stayed with that agency until he was appointed to his new post.
