Background
Warne, William Elmo was born on September 2, 1905 in near Seafield, Indiana, United States. Son of William Rufus and Nettie Jane (Williams) Warne.
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The story of the Bureau is told for the first time in satisfying detail in this book by William E. Warne, a former Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation. . . In separate chapters he tells of the Bureau's major achievements. . .The final chapters are concerned with the delicate relations of the Bureau with Congress with its local client groups, and with other land-use agencies. . . In the concluding chapter, the author looks into the future and points out the danger signs ahead.
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(The recollections of the head of Truman's Point 4 Program...)
The recollections of the head of Truman's Point 4 Program in Iran (1952-1955) which became a focal point of the Mosaddegh government. Many important future Iranian politicians were involved in the program.
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Warne, William Elmo was born on September 2, 1905 in near Seafield, Indiana, United States. Son of William Rufus and Nettie Jane (Williams) Warne.
Bachelor of Arts California, 1927. DEcons (honorary), Yonsei University, Seoul, 1959. Doctor of Laws, Seoul National University, 1959.
Reporter, San Francisco Bulletin and Oakland (California) Post-Enquirer, 1925-1927;
news editor, Brawley (California) News, 1927;
news editor, Calexico (California) Chronicle, 1927-1928;
editor, night manager Los Angeles bureau, Associated Press, 1928-1931;
correspondent San Diego bureau, Associated Press, 1931-1933;
Washington correspondent, Associated Press, 1933-1935;
editor, bureau reclamation, Department Interior, 1935-1937;
on staff, Third World Power Conference, 1936;
associate to reviewing committee, National Resources Committee on preparation Drainage Basin Problems and Programs, 1936;
member editorial committee for revision, National Resources Committee on preparation Drainage Basin Problems and Programs, 1937;
chief of information, Bureau Reclamation, 1937-1942;
co-director (with Harlan H. Barrows), Columbia Basin Joint Investigations, 1939-1942;
chief of staff, war production drive, War Production Board, 1942;
assistant director division power, Department Interior, 1942-1943;
department director information, Department Interior, 1943;
assistant commissioner, Bureau Reclamation, 1943-1947;
appointed assistant secretary, Department Interior, 1947;
assistant secretary Water and Power Development, Department Interior, 1950-1951;
United States minister charge technical cooperation, Iran, 1951-1955;
United States minister charge technical cooperation, Brazil, 1955-1956;
United States minister and economics coordinator for, Korea, 1956-1959;
director, California Department Fish and Game, 1959-1960;
director, Department Agriculture, 1960-1961;
director, Department Water Resources, 1961-1967;
vice president water resources, Development and Resources Corporation, 1967-1969;
resources consultant, 1969-1996;
president, Warne & Blanton Publications Inc., 1985-1990;
president, Warne Walnut Wrancho, Inc., 1979-1996. Distinguished Practitioner in Residence School Public Administration, University of Southern California at Sacramento, 1976-1978. Administrator Resources Agency of California, 1961-1963.
Chairman President's Committee on San Diego Water Supply, 1944-1946. Chairman Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee, 1948, Federal Committee on Alaskan Development, 1948. President Group Health Association, Inc., 1947-1951.
Chairman United States delegation 2d Inter-American Conference Indian Life, Cuzco, Peru, 1949. United States delegate 4th World Power Conference, London, England., 1950. Member California Water Pollution Control Board,1959-1967.
Vice chairman 1960-1962. Member water pollution control advisory board Department Health, Edition and Welfare, 1962-1965, consultant, 1966-1967. Chairman California delegation Western States Water Council, 1965-1967.
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Served as Second lieutenant O.R.C., 1927-1937. Fellow National Academy Public Administration (senior, chairman standing commission on environmental and resources management 1971-1978). Member National Water Supply Improvement Association (president 1978-1980, Lifetime Achievement award 1984), International Desalination Association (founding member, Lifetime Distinguished Service award 1991), Society Professional Journalists, Sutter Club, National Press Club (Washington), Lambda Chi Alpha.
Married Edith Margaret Peterson, July 19, 1929. Children: Jane Ingrid (Mistress David C. Beeder), William Robert, Margaret Edith (Mistress John W. Monroe).