Glenn L. Emmons: Difference between revisions

| name = Glenn L.Leonidas Emmons

| office = Commissioner of the [[BureauCommissioner of Indian Affairs]]

| death_date = March 14, 1980 (Aged 84)

| party = [[Republican Party (United_StatesUnited States)| Republican]]

'''Glenn Leonidas Emmons,''' originally(1895-1980) ofwas [[Atmore,an Alabama]],American banker and politician who served as the Commissioner of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] beginningfrom on1953 Augustto 101961 under President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], 1953succeeding [[Dillon S. PreviouslyMyer]]. in addition, he was a bankercandidate infor [[Gallup,Governor of New Mexico|Gallup]] beginning in 1929. He succeeded [[Dillon1944 S.New MyerMexico gubernatorial election|1944]].<ref name="NYT 19530811">''[[New York Times]]''. "Indian Director Sworn In: Glenn L. Emmons Takes Office Succeeding Dillon S. Myer." August 11, 1953.</ref>

== Personal Lifelife ==

Emmons was born in 1895 in Alabama, to John Davidson Emmons (June 30, 1853 - unknown), and Martha Jane Emmons (March 22, 1865 - unknown). He had 8 Siblings,siblings. his family moved to [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] in 1905,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Affairs|first=United States Congress Senate Committee on Interior and Insular|url=https://books.google.co.ilcom/books?id=Gv8uAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&hl=iw&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Nomination of Glenn L. Emmons: Hearings Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate Eighty-third Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Glenn L. Emmons to be Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. July 15 and 28, 1953|date=1953|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> Where he learned in a public school, and subsequently, attended the [[University of New Mexico]]

In 1917, he left university to serve in [[World War I]], and served in the [[United States Army]] until he was discharged in 1929, he served as a first leiutenantlieutenant in the [[United States Army Air Corps|Air Corps]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glenn L. Emmons Nominated for Indian Post {{!}} Indian Affairs|url=https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/opa/online-press-release/glenn-l-emmons-nominated-indian-post|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.bia.gov|archive-date=2021-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804115821/https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/opa/online-press-release/glenn-l-emmons-nominated-indian-post|url-status=live}}</ref> After he was discharged, he moved to [[Gallup, New Mexico]], where he worked in the Bankingbanking Buisnessbusiness, chairing the board of the First State bank of Gallup, as well as being its chairman, from 1935 to 1964<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Emmons, Glenn Leonidas, 1895-1980 - Social Networks and Archival Context|url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6jh5pfz|access-date=2021-01-25|website=snaccooperative.org|archive-date=2021-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206092928/https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6jh5pfz|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Emmons has served on thevarious Publiccommittees Relations Committee, Executive Council, Finance Committee, and Small Buisness Operations Committee ofin the [[American Bankers Association]], and served as its Treasurertreasurer from 1949 to 1951. He also served as theits President of the New Mexico Bankers Associationpresident.<ref name=":0" />

In [[1944 New Mexico gubernatorial election|1944]], Emmons ran Unsuccessfullyunsuccessfully for the Republican Nomination for [[Governor of New Mexico]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1953, he was nominated by President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] to serve as the Commissioner of the BuerauBureau of Indian Affairs, after being unanimously endorsed by the 74 member [[Navajo Tribal Council]].<ref name=":1" /> his nomination followed the withdrawal of [[Alva Simpson Jr.|Alva Simpson Jr]], who served as the Welfare Director of Santa Fe.<ref name=":0" />

== Commissioner of the BuerauBureau of Indian Affairs ==

In 1955, Emmons contributed to "The Oglala Sioux: Warriors in Transition", a book by Dr. Robert H. Ruby, by writing its foreword.<ref>{{Cite webbook|urlisbn=https://www.amazon.com/978-/he/dp/0803226225/ref0803226227|title=sr_1_1?dchildThe Oglala Sioux: Warriors in Transition|last1=1&qidRuby|first1=1611573193&refinements=p_27:Glenn+LRobert H.+Emmons&s=books&sr=1-1|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.amazon.comApril 2010}}</ref>

In 1977, Emmons was presented with the Zimmerman Award and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of New Mexico. He died on March 14, 1980 <ref name=":1" />