Floyd Dominy
Floyd Dominy
Birthday Celebration Invitation, November 2009
Floyd Elgin Dominy (December 24, 1909 – April 20, 2010) was the Nebraska-born Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner from May 1, 1959 to December 1, 1969. Dominy joined the Bureau in 1946. He was the Assistant Commissioner from 1957 to 1958.
References
- Floyd Dominy's Obituary by the Washington Post
- Floyd Dominy, the colossus of dams, dies at 100
- Reisner, Marc (1993). Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback). Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-017824-4.
- McPhee, John (1971). Encounters with the Archdruid (Hardcover). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-14822-8.
- Invitation to Dominy's 100th Birthday Celebration
- Interview with High Country News, retrieved Nov. 2, 2005
- High Country News article, retrieved Nov. 2, 2005
- BuRec Bio
- Time Magazine Picture of Dominy inspecting the Arghandab River Dam - Feb 27, 1963
- A History of the Emery County Project website that contains a picture of Dominy and other dignitaries getting ready to set off a blast at the Joes Valley Dam groundbreaking ceremony in 1963
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