Show Iversen Named Dinosaur Superintendent The National Park Service has named Phillip R Iversen 44 superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado Fred C Fagergren Omaha mid midwest west regional director said Mr Iversen will succeed Theo Theo- Theodore dore Thompson 49 who has been superintendent since Jan Jan- January January uary 1967 Mr Thompson has been named assistant superintendent of Yosemite National Park in California The changes will take place June 2 Mr Iversen a native of Eu- Eu Eugene Eugene gene Oregon attended Dana College at Blair Nebraska and later studied architectural en- en engineering en at Iowa State University sity Ames Iowa lie He began his National Park Service career as a sea sea- seasonal ranger at Zion and Carls Carls- Carlsbad bad Cavern National Parks and won his first permanent assign assign- assignment assignment ment at Grand Canyon Nation al Park in utah in 1956 lie later was chief ranger at Petrified Forest and Rocky Mountain National Parks before becoming chief of interpretation and resources management at National Park Mr Iversen and his wife Pat Pat- Patricia ricia ricia have two sons Paul 16 and Patrick 13 and a daughter Pamela 3 |