Williams, Donald A. (Donald Alfred), 1905-1982

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Williams, Donald A. (Donald Alfred), 1905-1982

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Bio: Donald Alfred Williams (1905-1982) was born in Clark County, South Dakota, on July 14, 1905. Following employment with the state highway department at Pierre, South Dakota, he entered duty with the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) on June 3, 1935, as superintendent of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Presho, South Dakota. He served as an engineer on SCS projects at Great Falls, Montana, Emmett, Idaho, and Dayton, Washington from November 1935 to June 1939. He then served as the area office engineer at Spokane, Washington, until moving to the Northwest Regional Office at Portland, Oregon as assistant regional director in September 1941. In March 1950, he became the flood control survey officer in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture in Washington, DC. His appointment as assistant chief of the Service in charge of operations came in July 1951. Beginning in March 1953, Williams was administrator of the Agricultural Conservation Program Service until the Secretary of Agriculture appointed him administrator of the Soil Conservation Service on November 27, 1953. He remained as administrator until retiring from the government on January 11, 1969.

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LBJ Connection: Administrator, Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture