Appointment of Joseph E. Noyes as Chief, Branch of Realty, Bureau of Indian Affairs, was announced today by Commissioner Glenn L. Emmons.
George W. Mathis, who has been serving as Acting Chief of the Branch since the retirement of Harry M. Critchfield last June, is being named to a new position as chief appraiser of the Bureau,
Mr. Noyes, a native of Washington, D. c., has been for the past five years supervisory real property officer with the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. His earlier experience with the Corps of Engineers included three years as real estate analyst, two as administrative officer, two as administrative assistant, and several months as statistician. Before joining the Corps, he served for eight years in land acquisition work with the United States Forest Service.
He attended Catholic University in Washington and had two years' service with the Marine Corps in the early 1930's.
