Alonzo T. Spang has been appointed Superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Wind River agency at Fort Washakie, Wyoming, Acting Commissioner Raymond V. Butler announced today.
Spang, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, has been the Resources Development Officer in the BIA's Billings, Montana area office. He replaces Clyde W. Hobbs who retired after 15 years as Superintendent of the Wind River Agency.
A graduate of Eastern Montana State University, with a Masters degree and a Doctorate in Education from Arizona State University, Spang was a teacher and educator before taking the position of Superintendent of the Northern Cheyenne agency in 1971. He had been Director of Indian Studies and an associate professor at the University of Montana, Provost and Dean of Students at the Navajo Community College and Executive Director of the Cook Christian Training school at Tempe, Arizona.
Spang's appointment at Wind River is effective February 27.
