Appointment of Paul L. Winsor as area director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at Minneapolis, Minn., was announced today by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall. He succeeds James E. Hawkins, who recently transferred to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which the Interior Department administers for the United States under a United Nations trusteeship.
Winsor has been assistant area director at Minneapolis since February 1963. He first joined the Bureau in 1951 as a principal-school teacher at Hooper Bay, Alaska. Later he transferred to Juneau, Alaska, as an administrative assistant and subsequently was named assistant to the area director of the Juneau Area Office. He held increasingly responsible positions with the Juneau offic8 until 1959, when he left Federal service to accept a cabinet post as Commissioner of Health and Welfare for the State of Alaska.
In his new post, Winsor will supervise all Indian Bureau operations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan.
"Through the years, Paul Winsor has demonstrated great ability," Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash said. “His work has received wide acclaim from the Indian people he serves."
A native of Oneida, Kansas, and a World War II veteran, Winsor received his 'bachelor of arts degree in education administration from Whittier College, Whittier, California, in 1950.
