Interview with John "Jack" Deinema, April 21, 2015
Project: The Charles F. Riebe Great Onyx Job Corps Conservation Center Oral History Project
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Deinema was the Job Corps National Director of Conservation Centers in the Job Corps Planning group headed by Sargent Shriver responsible for conceptualizing Job Corps program. He represented the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the signing ceremony of the Equal Opportunity Act in the White House Rose Garden on August 20, 1964 and oversaw the establishment of both the US Forest Service (USFS) and the US Department of Interior (USDI) centers. After the signing, Jack became the Director of the newly created Division of Job Corps Administration of the USFS. His career included various assignments from smokejumper to his retirement as USFS deputy Chief of Administration.Interview Accession
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Deinema, John Interview by Charles F. Riebe. 21 Apr. 2015. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Deinema, J. (2015, April 21). Interview by C. F. Riebe. The Charles F. Riebe Great Onyx Job Corps Conservation Center Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Deinema, John, interview by Charles F. Riebe. April 21, 2015, The Charles F. Riebe Great Onyx Job Corps Conservation Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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