Show Bureau Names Central Utah Project Manager Palmer B DeLong Region al Project Development Engi neer with the Bureau of Reclamation's mation's Region 4 office in Salt Lake City has been pro pro- promoted to Project Manager of the Central Utah Projects Of fice at Provo Utah the De De- Department of the Interior an- an announced announced Friday He will re- re rePort report Port for the new position on February 4 1963 MR DELONG was appoint appointed ed to the new position by Commissioner of Reclamation Floyd E Dominy who said t for completing the investigations on the initial stage of the huge and complex Central Utah Project starting investigations on the ultimate sage and eventually supervise supervising ing construction construction tion and operation and main main- maintenance activities Commissioner Dominy said that the size SCOpe and com com- complexity complexity of the Central Utah Project and its importance to the State of Utah requires an 80 engineer with exceptional administrative and engineer engineer- engineering I ing talent Mr DeLong is reo re- remarkably well qualified for forthe forthe forI I the job As Regional Project Project Development Engineer he has hasI I been closely associated with the Central Utah Project fori for several years He has served as the Regional Directors Director's p per per-i representative on the Duchesne River Area Study Committee and on the formation tion of the important all seven seven- county Central Utah Water Conservancy District MR DELONG received his degree in Civil Engineering from Utah State Agricultural College in 1941 From 1941 to 1956 he served in positions of increasing responsibility at various locations in Wyoming lie He was Area Engineer in charge of project investigations in the Green River Bas Bas- Basin in and later as head of the Rock Springs Office he also supervised construction of the Eden Project He transferred to the Region 4 Regional Of Of- Office fice in Salt Lake City in 1956 John J Hedderman the present Project Manager will remain on the staff at the Provo Office DUice in a tEChnical engineering position |