Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay today announced the appointment of Carl W. Beck of Apache County, Arizona; as a special consultant on Indian Affairs.
A former official of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mr. Beck resigned in 1948 to enter private business.
He served in the Indian Service for 23 years in a number of responsible positions including the superintendencies of the Western Shoshone Agency, Owyhee, Nevada, and Fort Hall, Idaho. He entered the Navajo Indian Service in 1929.
Mr. Beck was born in 1902 in Mexico and early in his life removed to St. Johns, Arizona. He attended the public schools of that city and later the University of Arizona.
