1985 [PDF] - Yosemite

VOid.MiTE NATIONAL PARK RESF. RCH LIBRARy23James O. LaneyNamed New AssistantSuperintendent ofYosemite National ParkLaney is married to the former Celestine Burr. She earned aBachelor of Arts degree in Social Services from the University ofMassachusetts in Boston and is active in community activities inthe Three River& area. Their daughter Michelle works in NewYork City; son Michael is a Captain in the U.S. Army at Fort Gor.don, Georgia; son Mark is a Captain with the U.S. Army’s 25thInfantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; and son Anthonylives in Boston, Massachusetts.James O, Laney, previously Assistant Superintendent of Sequoiaand Kings Canyon National Parks, recently was appointedto the position of Assistant Superintendent of Yosemite NationalPark. Laney assumed his new post on March 17, 1985, and isresponsible for the day-to-day management of Yosemite’s operations.’Uim’s knowledge and abilities in park operations will makehim an invaluable asset to Yosemite," remarked Robert O, Binnewies,Park Superintendent.Laney served in the U,S. Army for 20 years and retired in 1966as a Chief Warrant Officer. He earned his Bachelor’s degree atBoston State College following his Army career, and did graduatework at Suffolk University in Boston, while working full-timeas a civilian employee at the Boston Naval Shipyard and the NationalPark Service.In 1974, he became Equal Employment Officer in the NationalPark Service’s Boston Regional Office; then became Chief ofCooperative Activities and later was promoted to Assistant Superintendentfor the Breezy Point and Jarnaica Bay Units atGateway National Recreation Area, N.Y,-N.Y., from 1978 to 19,31.He was selected for the Department of the Interior’s ExecutiveManagement Development Program in Washit~gton, D,C, in1981, and assigned to Sequoia and Kings Canyon NationalParks in 1983,Spring Has Sprung/Spring has arrived in Yosemite Valley, accompaniedby thundering waterfalls and abundant Dogwoodblossomsl Bicycle riding, hiking, horseback riding, rock climbingand river ra~ing are a few of the many Spring activities nowavailable.