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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities

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

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
CGS Chpt. 814c.

Agency History

1943, July, the Inter-racial Commission established per 1943 Cum. Suppl. S.470g.
1951, July name changed to Commission on Civil Rights per P.A. 21.
1967, name changed to Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities per P.A. 636.

Published Histories/Articles :
Historical Overview
on the agency web site.

Armstead, George. The State Services of Connecticut. Hartford? 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. 31-32. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G25 ar]

Archived Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities Web site, as harvested on 2007-04-13, by the Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.

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. Inter-racial Commission.
Connecticut. Commission on Civil Rights.
Connecticut. Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

Annual Reports are located in :

All years, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d] and online version, 2002-
2000- , at the agency web site

State Archives Record Group : RG 154

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

Executive Secretary  
Frank T. Simpson 1946-1962
Thomas F. Henry 1962-1965
Director  
Arthur L. Green 1965-1990
Louis Martin 1990-1991
Executive Director  
Louis Martin 1991-1998
Jewel E. Brown (Acting) 1998-1999
Cynthia Watts Elder (Interim) March-July 1999
Cynthia Watts Elder July 1999-2003
Raymond P. Pech (Interim) 2003-2004
R. Hamisi Ingram August 2004-Nov. 30, 2006
Raymond P. Pech (Interim) Dec. 1, 2006-2008
Robert Brothers, Jr. (Acting) 2008-Present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 10/2008.