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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Connecticut Safety Commission

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

Agency Web page :
Not available

Statutory Authority :
Sec. 14-315, General Statutes.

Agency History :

1937 Highway Safety Commission established.
1951, name changed to Connecticut Safety Commission.
1979, merged with other agencies to create Department of Public Safety

Published Histories/Articles :
Connecticut Safety Commission. 25th Anniversary, 1937-1962. Hartford, Safety Commission, 1962. [CSL Call Number Conn Doc Sa17 tw]

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 :

Safety Commission.

Reports are located in :

Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d]

Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Executive Directors :

Name

Years of Service

Herbert L. Crapo

July 1937-December, 1939; July 1940-June, 1941

Wilfrid E. Brown, Jr.

December, 1939-June, 1940

W. Burke Smith

July 1941-February, 1944

William M. Greene

February 1944-August, 1956

James K. Williams

November 1956-1961

William A. Gruber

1962-1966

Henry R. Murphy

1967-1971

William E. Adint

1972-1974

Nelson E. Douglas

1975-1979

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 8/2008.