Felix J. McGowan, former executive director of the Utah Department of Human Resource Management, has been named personnel director of Salt Lake County.
McGowan's appointment runs through June 30, 1997, when former personnel director J.D. Johnson is scheduled to return to the job from a two-year stint with the U.S. Army Reserves.A graduate of Houston/Tillotson College in Texas, McGowan also attended the University of Utah in 1973-74. He began his career as a youth coordinator for the Man-power Administration of Texas.
McGowan served as an employment practices specialist for the Utah State Merit System from 1975 to 1979 when he was appointed director of employment, training and development in the state Office of Personnel Management. In 1990, he was named executive director of the state's human resource system.