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Show Superintendent Named At Bryce BRYCE CANYON National Park Service Director William J. Whalen has announced that on March 23, Robert E. Benton, a 20-year employee of the National Park Service, will become the new superintendent of Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah. Benton succeeds Thomas O. Hobbs who has been named chief' ranger at Yellowstone National Park. Hobbs had been superintendent at Bryce Canyon since 1976. Benton, 40, has managed Colorado National Monument in western Colorado as superintendent since 1972. A native of Rapid City, South Dakota, Benton was graduated from Black Hills State College with a B.S. in biology. He first joined the National Park Service as a seasonal ranger and naturalist at Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming in 1960. Benton's first permanent career assignment began in 1962 at Everglades National Park, Florida, where he served as a park ranger. Bob Benton; his wife, Julie; and two daughters: Tracie and Tina are all looking forward to living in southern Utah. A son, Lance, will continue to reside in New London, Conn., where he is in his second year at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. |
