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Department of Economic and Community Development

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

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :

CGS Sec. 8-37r.

Agency History :

1937, Publicity Commission established, per 1937 Suppl. to the Statutes, sec. 549d.
1939, Abolished July 1, 1939.
1939, Connecticut Development Commission established per 1939 Suppl. to the Statutes, sec. 798e to absorb the duties and responsibilities of the Publicity Commission.
1973, Oct. 1, replaced by Dept. of Commerce, per P.A. 73-599.
1979, Dept. of Commerce replaced by Dept. of Economic Development per P.A. 77-614.
1995, Oct. 1, Dept. of Economic and Community Development established  by P.A. 95-250 to consolidate the Dept. of Economic Development and the Dept. of Housing

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Archived Economic and Community Development Web site, as harvested on 2007-04-10, by the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.

Agency Documents 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 :      

   
1939-1972 Connecticut. Development Commission
1973-1978 Connecticut. Dept. of Commerce
1979-1994 Connecticut. Dept. of Economic Development
1995- Connecticut. Dept. of Economic and Community Development

Annual Reports are located in :

            1937-1939, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc P967r]

            1939-1950, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc D49 r]

            1997- [CSL Call Number ConnDoc Ec55 anre]
 
           
1947-2001, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the online version

            Also, the agency web site

State Archives Record Group : RG 022

List of Commissioners :

Name Years of Service
Charles E. Rolfe 1939-1940
Willard B. Rogers 1940-1947
Francis S. Murphy 1948-1949
Sidney A. Edwards 1949-Jan. 1, 1961
LeRoy Jones 1961-1967
Horace Brown 1967-Nov. 1968
Mark Fleming Nov. 1968-1973
Richard M. Stewart 1973-1974
Edward J. Stockton 1974-1981
John J. Carson 1981-1988
Stephen B. Heintz 1988-1990
Joseph J. McGee 1990-1994
Peter N. Ellef 1994-1997
James F. Abromaitis Sept. 26, 1997-2007
Ronald F. Angelo, Jr. (Acting) March 1-May 2007
Joan McDonald May 9, 2007-Present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.