Helen Ingram, Director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, has accepted an endowed professorship at UC-Irvine. Ingram has published extensively on water, including several articles and books on wat er issues in the Southwest. She co-authored both Saving Water in a Desert City and A Policy Approach to Political Representation-Lessons from the Four Corners States. Ingram will remain at the Udall Center until August of 1996.

Governor Symington has appointed Oro Valley Town Manager Chuck Sweet to the Arizona Department of Water Resources Tucson Active Management Area's Groundwater Users Advisory Committee. Sweet replaces Ron Morris s of Santa Cruz County who now serves on the Santa Cruz AMA GUAC.

Glen Canyon National Park Superintendent Joseph Alston has announced that Dale Ditmanson has been named Assistant Superintendent of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Ditmanson replaces Larry May, who now is Chief of the Wildlife and Vegetation Division of the National Park Service. Ditmanson is responsible for operational aspects of the 1.2-million acre Recreation Area that encompasses Lake Powell. The Area receives well over 5 million visitors per year.

The Arizona Department of Water Resources, which continues to work out the details of its reorganization, has filled most of the top administrative positions. Under Director Rita Pearson is Deputy Director Joe Smith. Also reporting directly to Pearson is Chief Legal Council Mike Pierce. Steve Olson heads the Office of Strategic Planning as Special Assistant to the Director. Frank Secondo, whose title is yet undeter mined, is in charge of the Office of Administration.

The four operating divisions are headed by assistant directors. Herb Dishlip currently is Assistant Director for Groundwater and Acting Assistant Director for Surface Water. Assistant Director Greg Wallace heads up t he Hydrology Division, and Jim Plastow is Assistant Director of the Information Technology Division.