Fred_W._Johnson

Fred W. Johnson

Fred W. Johnson

American government official

Fred W. Johnson was an American government official who served as the first director of the Bureau of Land Management from 1946 to 1948.[1][2] Johnson had previously served as the final commissioner of the United States General Land Office, from 1933 until 1946.[3]

Quick Facts 1st Director of the Bureau of Land Management, President ...

After the General Land Office was dissolved in 1946, he was selected to serve as the newly created Bureau of Land Management's director by then-Interior Secretary Julius Albert Krug.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Opportunity and Challenge: The Story of BLM (Chapter 2)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  2. [2]
    "The PLF Archives". publicland.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  3. [3]
    Federal Statistical Directory. 1944.
  4. [4]
    Historical Record of the Offices, Managers and Organizations of the U. S. Bureau of Land Management, Grazing Service, General Land Office and O&C Revested Lands Administration 1934 - 2012
  5. [5]
    A History of the Rectangular Survey System


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