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Show New Superintendent Bryce Canyon Park Fred J. Fagergren, a second generation gen-eration Park Service employee, has been named superintendent of Bryce Canyon National Park. Fagergren is presently superintendent superin-tendent at Big Cypress National Preserve, Fla., but some of his earliest ear-liest memories are of Zion, Bryce and Cedar Breaks, where his father, the late Fred C. Fagergren served during the '40's and '50's. "Fagergren grew up in the parks, with national park values-he values-he lives and breathes the service," said Lorraine Mintzmyer, director of the Rocky Mountain Region of the National Park Service (NPS). "We're pleased to have him back in the Rocky Mountain Region." Fagergren was born in Cedar City, in 1944. His other childhood parks include Mesa Verde National Nation-al Park, Colo., Petrified Forest National Park, Ariz., and Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. He graduated from Jackson High School (Wyo.) in 1963, and started college at University of Wyoming, Laramie. Military service interrupted his schooling in 1966 and Fagergren worked for Army Intelligence in Panama and Washington, D.C., until un-til 1969. He completed his B.A. in anthropology at University of Arizona at Tucson in 1972. Then more schooling-Fager-gren was selected for a two-year NPS ranger intake position in 1972. In 1974, he was assigned to See Superintendent Page 3A New Superintendent From Page 1 Effigy Mounds National Monument, Monu-ment, la., as chief of interpretation and resource management. His first superintendency came in 1975 at Mound City Group National Monument, Ohio, where he served until 1981. Big Cypress National Preserve, 716,00 acres located between Naples and Miami, was established in 1974 as one of the first national preserves. The preserve adjoins the northwest section of the Everglades Ever-glades and contains its freshwater supply. Fagergren is Big Cypress's first superintendent "I'm excited to be coming back to Utah," said Fagergren. "We've ' been telling our kids for the last 17 years that they are westerners, but the younger ones don't really know what that means. Bryce is a beautiful area-it will be like coming com-ing home." Fagergren met his wife, the former Donna Lee Kennington of Afton, Wyo., while both were attending at-tending the University of Wyoming. They have four children: child-ren: Fred G., 24, a junior in computer compu-ter engineering, and Heather, 19, a freshman, both at Brigham Young University, Provo; and Jeremy, 16, and Erin, 13, both attending the Everglades City High School, Everglades Ev-erglades City, Fla. Fagergren is an amateur photographer, photo-grapher, a bit of a car buff, and he enjoys fixing things, although it's usually out of necessity rather than as a hobby. Fagergren has also worked at Chiricahua and Saguaro National Monuments in Arizona.a dn Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Rocky Mountain National Na-tional Park and Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site in Colorado. Color-ado. Fagergren's father and mother retired in Omaha, Neb., where Fred C. Managed the Parks in the Midwest Mid-west Region as regional director for five years, a total of 43 years with the NPS. His mother, the former Nellie Jones, grew up in Rockville, Utah, and still lives in Omaha. Rocky Mountain Regional Director Loraine Mintzmyer, contrary to earlier media reports, has not announced her intent to retire, although retirement is one of her options after her 30 years of dedicated service, the 'Rocky Mountain Regional Public Relations officer reported Monday. Mintzmyer has a directed reassignment to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office in Philadelphia as part of a shift of assignments for three regional directors, the officer said. |