Thomas R. Hardin, 35, was named Superintendent of the Rooky Boy's Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Box Elder, Mont. today by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce. Hardin replaces Albert W Trimble, recently elected to become Field Employment Assistance Officer for the Bureau at Alameda, Calif.
Hardin began his Bureau career in 1963 as an elementary teacher at the Northern Cheyenne Agency, Lame Deer, Mont. He entered Federal service upon his graduation tram Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Mont. He became an Education Specialist with the Rocky Boy's Agency in 1965 and a Community Development Officer at that same-agency 1n 1970.
A veteran of the U. S. Army, he was born in Nanty-Glo Penna. Married, he is the father of three children.
