David Hamil

David Hamil began his political career as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. He served as the Speaker of the Colorado House before President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed him as Rural Electrification Administration administrator in 1953, a post he held throughout the Eisenhower Administration. Upon returning to Colorado, he was appointed Director of Institutions by then-Governor John Love. In 1968, newly-elected President Richard Nixon asked Hamil to return to Washington, D.C., as REA administrator. He continued to serve in that post through the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations.