Theodore S. Hoffman, president of Hoffman Information Systems, Inc., Hoffman Electronics, Corp., of El Monte, Calif., has accepted an appointment as a consultant on economic development with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in Washington, D.C., Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall announced today.
The new consultant has extensive experience in the fields of general management, industrial relations, marketing, research and development and finance. Since 1951 he has been associated with Hoffman Electronics, becoming a director of the corporation in 1964, and president of Hoffman Information Systems in March 1966.
He will advise the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the development and use of Indian talents and resources; the promotion of locations on Indian reservations for industrial plants, commercial endeavors and tourist enterprises; the encouragement of Indian-owned and operated economic ventures; and the mobilization of credit and financing for these activities.
Hoffman, 38, is a native of California who spent a part of his boyhood on the Navajo Reservation and has a knowledge of the Navajo Indian language. He holds a B.A. in Public Administration from the University of California.
