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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Department of Aeronautics

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page :
Not available

Statutory Authority :
Not available

Agency History :

1927, Commissioner of Aviation established per 1927 Public Acts, Chpt. 2, sec. 324.

1929, name changed to Commissioner of Aeronautics per 1929 Public Acts chpt. 253, sec. 2.

1969, October 1, merged with the new Department of Transportation to become the Bureau of Aeronautics.

Published Histories/Articles :

Armstead, George B. The State Services of Connecticut. Published under the direction of the Committee on Public Information and the House Committee on Publications of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. 1946. pp.64-67. [CSL call number: ConnDoc G25 ar ]

Agency Documents and Records in the State Library Collections :

Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut. Dept. of Aeronautics.

Biennial Annual Reports are located in :

Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d] and 2002-, the online version

State Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Commissioners :

Name

Years of Service

Clarence Knox

1927-1929

Charles Lester Morris

1930-1940

Thomas Lockhart

1941-1946

Kenneth H. Ringrose

1947-1955

Horace B. Wetherell

1956-1969

 

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 6/2008.