| Show 1 1 r M r k t 1 J. J r fl i j i I f. f f J Li cl i r L PHILLIP R R. R IVERSEN gets Utah g appointment F m Iversen Appointed To Utah State i Director Post The National Park Service announced today the establishment of a new St Slate le k directorship for Utah I PHILLIP PHILLI P R R. R Iversen 48 presently assistant director for Cor operations in the Services Service's Midwest Regional Office in Omaha was named to fill the post Ills His headquarters will be in Salt Lake City r i 1 The director of oC the Midwest Region IJ J. J Leonard Volz said that the size and scope scope of National Park Service programs pro grams in Utah has made a State Directors Director's Directors Director's Dir ector's office at Salt Lake City a nee nee- lie He noted that Utah now has five national parks a major national recreation atlon area and all or parts of eight other National p Park rk System units THIS WILL give us among other othera bt a things a much closer liaison with State i agencies and officials as as well as with Utah Volz said The Service will continue to maintain an office in Cedar City Utah for genera general gen gen- era eral information and public inquiries Cedar City will also be the headquarters of Cedar Breaks National Monument IVERSEN A native of Eugene Oregon Ore gon attended Dana College at Blair Nebraska and Iowa State University Ames lowas lIe He began his National Park Service career as a seasonal ranger rang rang- er at Utah's Zion National Park After a brief business career In Illinois Illin him ois Iverson returned to the National Park Service at t Carlsbad Caverns National Parks Ne New v Mexico in 1954 A series serles of subsequent assignments led to the super super- of Dinosaur National Monument ment Utah-Colorado Utah before his promotion promotion pro pro- motion to the Regional post in 1970 IVERSON AND his wife Patricia who live at M t 1616 S. S St St. Omaha have three children Mrs Iversen is a grandniece grandniece grand grand- niece of Maj John Wesley Powell the noted explorer |
