Elmer F. Bennett (September 17, 1917 – July 10, 1989) was an attorney who held various positions in the United States Department of the Interior during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration. Bennett specialized in the legal problems of the use of natural resources. In later years Bennett worked for the Public Land Law Review Commission and then for the Office of Emergency Preparedness. In the latter office he dealt with the problem of oil imports and oil price increases in the early 1970s. Bennett died of congestive heart failure on July 10, 1989, in Roslyn, New York, where he had been living since 1983. References 1917 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American lawyers United States Department of the Interior People from Longmont, Colorado People from Roslyn, New York