Background

Bruce, Louis Rooks was born on December 30, 1906 in Onondaga Indian Reservation. Son of Louis R. and Nellie (Rooks) Bruce.

Education

Bachelor, Syracue University, 1930.

Career

Owner, operator dairy farm, Richfield Springs, New York, 1930-1934. New York state director Indian projects NYA, 1935-1942. Education and youth director Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, 1946-1955.

Vice president Compton Advertising, New York City, 1955-1959. With Federal Housing Administration, aslo New York State Housing Authority, 1959-1969. Commissioner Indian Affairs, Washignton, 1969-1989.

Past board directors Yale Broadcasting Company. Founder, past executive director National Congress Indian Affairs. Founder, past board directors Arrow, Inc.

Politics

Peace making is the creative and positive quest for the well-being of humankind and the planet on which people live.

Views

All Christians can seek to create a way of life deliberately designed to overcome evil with good and to promote justice for all.

Membership

Member Association American Indian Affairs, Indian Council Five (Achievement award), New York state Village Indian Associations, Mid Eastern Cooperatives, Farm Bureau Federation, National Grange, Syracuse University Alumni Association (Achievement award 1970), Rotary, Masons, Zeta Psi (president 1962-1964), Sigma Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Anna Jennings Wikoff, November 19, 1930. Children: Charles Wikoff, Katherine (Mistress William H. Huxtable), Donald Kenneth.

father:

Louis R. Bruce

mother:

Nellie (Rooks) Bruce

spouse:

Anna Jennings Wikoff

child:

Donald Kenneth Bruce

child:

Charles Wikoff Bruce

child:

Katherine Bruce (Mistress William H. Huxtable)