Milton, Bruce Silas

1938 - 1973  (~ 35 years)

• Name	Milton, Bruce Silas
  Birth	17 May 1938	St. Cloud, Stearns Co., Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	62144
  Burial	Jun 1973	Manager, Civil Aviation Security Field Office, Chicago, Ill/Minneapolis, Minn.
  Person ID	I62144	Eddy Surname Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Milton, Bruce Edward,   b. 11 Jun 1908, Ronneby, Benton Co., Minnesota d. 27 Oct 1984, Onamia, Mille Lacs Co., Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Strang, Bertha Marie,   b. 11 Jun 1911, Mansfield Twp., Barnes Co., North Dakota
  Marriage	18 May 1931	Onamia, Mille Lacs Co., Minnesota
  Family ID	F26126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mattson, M.E.
  Children	1. Milton, J.K.   2. Milton, Bruce Allan,   b. 17 Aug 1964, Princeton, Mille Lacs Co., Minnesota bur. 21 Aug 1995, Police Officer, Milaca, Minnesota (Age ~ 31 years)   3. Milton, S.W.
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F26125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [EFA4.FTW] [orr.FTW] [EDDYORRN.GED] Bruce was born and raised in Onamia, Minnesota. He attended the local public schools and graduated from High School in 1956. He attended the University of Minnesota, St. Cloud State University and the University of California and obtained BS degrees in Biology and Political Science. While attending College, Bruce worked for the U.S. Forest Service in California during two summers and for his father as Chief Deputy Sheriff of Mille Lacs Co., Minnesota for almost four years. During the period of 1959 thru 1965, Bruce was a reservist in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1963 he accepted an inspectors position with the U. S. Food and Drug Administration in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1966 he transferred to Chicago, Illinois and through an agency merger became a Special Agent with the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control. This agency was eventually merged with the present Drug Enforcement Agency. Bruce held various positions in DEA in Chicago, Cincinnati, Washington D.C., Minneapolis and St. Louis. His last postion with the Drug Enforcement Agency was Special-Agent-in-Charge of the St. Louis District Office. In 1972 Bruce accepted a position with the Federal Aviation Administration as the Civil Aviation Investigations and Security Manager of the Chicago Field Office. In 1973 he transferred to Minneapolis in the same position and retired from the Federal Service in 1994. During the 31 years of his Federal career, Bruce held a number of Investigative management positions, was a course instuctor and developed and implemented a number of new regulations in the narcotics and anti-terrorist field. Some of his more exciting experiences were involved in his Drug undercover activities in the early days of his career which took him on special assignments to a number of major U.S. cities. Since 1978 Bruce has been very active in compiling the Milton/Eddy family genealogy. Family vacations during this time have included many visits to County and State Historical Societies, County courthouses and libraries, Revolutionary and Civil War Battlefields, family homesteads, and cemeteries through-out the U.S., Canada, England and Scotland. Bruce is currently an active member of the Minnesota Historical Society, the Minnesota Genealogical Society, the Eddy Family Association and the Baird Family Association.