Chief of Engineers

U.S. Chief of Engineers (1775-Present)

• COL Richard Gridley June 1775 - April 1776
• LTC Rufus Putnam April 1776 - December 1776
• BG Louis Lebèque Duportail July 22, 1777 - October, 10, 1783
• LTC Stephen Rochefontaine February 26, 1795 - May 7, 1798
• MAJ Henry Burbeck May 7, 1798 - April 1, 1802
• COL Jonathan Williams April 1, 1802 - June 20, 1803
• COL Jonathan Williams April 19, 1805 - July 31, 1812
• COL Joseph Gardner Swift July 31, 1812 - November 12, 1818
• COL Walker Keith Armistead November 12, 1818 - June 1, 1821
• COL Alexander Macomb June 1, 1821 - May 24, 1828
• COL Charles Gratiot May 24, 1828 - December 6, 1838
• COL Joseph G. Totten December 6, 1838 - April 22, 1864
• COL Richard Delafield April 22, 1864 - August 8, 1866
• BG Andrew Atkinson Humphreys August 8, 1866 - June 30, 1879
• BG Horatio G. Wright June 30, 1879 - March 6, 1884
• BG John Newton March 6, 1884 - August 27, 1886
• BG James Chatham Duane October 11, 1886 - June 30, 1888
• BG Thomas Lincoln Casey July 6, 1888 - May 10, 1895
• BG William Price Craighill May 10, 1895 - February 1, 1897
• BG John Moulder Wilson February 1, 1897 - April 30, 1901
• BG Henry M. Robert April 30, 1901 - May 2, 1901
• BG John W. Barlow May 2, 1901 - May 3, 1901
• BG George Lewis Gillespie, Jr. May 3, 1901 - January 23, 1904
• BG Alexander Mackenzie January 23, 1904 - May 25, 1908
• BG William Louis Marshall July 2, 1908 - June 11, 1910
• BG William Herbert Bixby June 12, 1910 - August 11, 1913
• BG William Trent Rossell August 12, 1913 - October 11, 1913
• BG Dan Christie Kingman October 12, 1913 - March 6, 1916
• MG William Murray Black March 7, 1916 - October 31, 1919
• MG Lansing Hoskins Beach February 10, 1920 - June 18, 1924
• MG Harry Taylor June 19, 1924 - June 26, 1926
• MG Edgar Jadwin 27 Jun 1926 - 7 Aug 1929
• MG Lytle Brown 1 Oct 1929 - 1 Oct 1933
• MG Edward Murphy Markham 1 Oct 1933 - 18 Oct 1937
• MG Julian Larcombe Schley 18 Oct 1937 - 1 Oct 1941
• LG Eugene Reybold 1 Oct 1941 - 30 Sep 1945
• LG Raymond Albert Wheeler 4 Oct 1945 - 28 Feb 1949
• LG Lewis A. Pick 1 Mar 1949 - 26 Jan 1953
• LG Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr. 17 Mar 1953 - 30 Sep 1956
• LG Emerson C. Itschner 1 Oct 1956 - 27 Mar 1961
• LG Walter K. Wilson, Jr. 19 May 1961 - 1 Jul 1965
• LG William F. Cassidy 1 Jul 1965 -31 Jul 1969
• LG Frederick J. Clarke 1 Aug 1969 - 31 Jul 1973
• LG William C. Gribble, Jr. 1 Aug 1973 - 30 Jun 1976
• LG John W. Morris 1 Jul 1976 - 30 Sep 1980
• LG Joseph K. Bratton 1 Oct 1980 - 14 Sep 1984
• LG Elvin R. Heiberg III 14 Sep 1984 - 31 May 1988
• LG Henry J. Hatch 17 Jun 1988 - 4 Jun 1992
• LG Arthur E. Williams 24 Aug 1992 - 30 Jun 1996
• LG Joe Nathan Ballard 1 Oct1996 - 2 Aug 2000
• LG Robert B. Flowers 23 Oct 2000 - 1 Jul 2004
• LG Carl A. Strock July 1, 2004 - May 17, 2007
• LG Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr. 17 May 2007 - 17 Jun 2011
• MG Merdith W.B. Temple 17 Jun 2011 - 22 May 2012
• LG Thomas P. Bostick 22 May 2012 - Present

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Sources:

• Office of the Chief of Engineers
• List of USACE Chiefs of Engineers