The Department of the Interior today announced the appointment of Reginald W. Quinn as Superintendent of the Seminole Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, at Hollywood, Florida.
Quinn, a Sioux Indian and a native of South Dakota, has served for nearly 30 years in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. His most recent assignment was that of Chief Tribal Operations Officer in Washington, D.C.
Born in Peever, South Dakota in 1913, Quinn attended South Dakota schools.
From 1936 to 1949 he was employed in various capacities at the Western Shoshone Agency in Nevada, in the Washington and Chicago offices of the Land Division of BIA, and at the Crow Creek Indian Agency in South Dakota.
In 1949 he took up his duties as Superintendent at the Fort Berthold Agency in North Dakota, where he served until becoming Administrative Officer at Inter-Mountain School, Brigham City, Utah, in 1952.
In 1954, he transferred to the Menominee Agency in Wisconsin and served as Program Officer and Administrative Officer until his assignment to the Washington, D. C. office of BIA in 1957.
Quinn brings to his new post a unique understanding of Seminole affairs. Tribal leaders recently expressed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs their high regard for the new superintendent and their appreciation for his assistance during the Tribe's organizational period.
He succeeds Doyce L. Waldrip, who has been appointed Superintendent of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon.
