NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS: United States. 1939 to date. The following individuals have served as directors of federal offices with primary emergency management and civil defense responsibility:
Table 53-1. National Civil Defense and Emergency Management Directors
| 1941-1942 | Fiorello LaGuardia, Office of Civil Defense (Roosevelt Administration) |
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1942-1943 |
James M. Landis, Office of Civil Defense (Roosevelt Administration) |
| 1944-1945 | William N. Haskell, Office of Civil Defense (Roosevelt Administration) |
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1948 |
Russell J. Hopley, Office of Civil Defense Planning (Truman Administration) |
| 1950-1951 | Millard F. Caldwell, Federal Civil Defense Administration (Truman Administration) |
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1953 |
Val Peterson, Federal Civil Defense Administration (Eisenhower Administration) |
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1958-1961 |
Leo Hoegh, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (Eisenhower Administration) |
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1961 |
Frank B. Ellis, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (Kennedy Administration) |
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1961-1964 |
Stewart Pittman, Office of Civil Defense (Kennedy Administration) |
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1964 |
William P. Durkee, Office of Civil Defense (Johnson Administration) |
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1969-1972 |
John E. Davis, Office of Civil Defense (Nixon Administration) |
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1977 |
Bardyl R. Tirana, Defense Civil Preparedness Administration (Carter Administration) |
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April 1979 - July 1979 |
Gordon Vickery, (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Carter Administration) |
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July 1979 |
Thomas Casey, (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Carter Administration) |
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August 1979 -January 1981 |
John Macy, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Carter Administration) |
| January 1981 - April 1981 | Bernard Gallagher (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Reagan Administration) |
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April 1981 - May 1981 |
John W. McConnell (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Reagan Administration) |
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May 1981 - September 1985 |
Louis O. Giuffrida, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Reagan Administration) |
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September 1985 - November 1985 |
Robert H. Morris, (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Reagan Administration) |
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November 1985 - June 1989 |
Julius W. Becton, Jr., Federal Emergency Management Agency (Reagan Administration) |
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June 1989 - May 1990 |
Robert H. Morris, (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Bush Administration) |
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May 1990 - August 1990 |
Jerry D. Jennings, (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Bush Administration) |
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August 1990 - January 1993 |
Wallace E. Stickney, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Bush Administration) |
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January 1993 - April 1993 |
William C. Tidball, (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (Clinton Administration) |
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April 1993 - January 2001 |
James Lee Witt, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Clinton Administration) (Cabinet position) |
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January 2001 - February 2001 |
John Magaw, (Acting) Federal Emergency Management Agency (George W. Bush Administration) |
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February 2001 - March 2003 |
Joe M. Allbaugh, Federal Emergency Management Agency (George W. Bush Administration) |
| March 2003 - | Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security (George W. Bush Administration) |
Sources: Drabek, Thomas E.,
“The evolution of emergency management,” in Emergency Management: Principles
and Practice for Local Government, Thomas E. Drabek and Gerard J. Hoetmer, editors,
Washington, District of ZColumbia, United States of America, International City Management Association, 1991, pages 3-29.
United States, Federal Emergency Management Agency, “FEMA Director Joe M. Albaugh,”
, location http://www.fema.gov/about/allbaugh/index.shtm,
29 July 2002.
United States, Federal Emergency Management Agency, “Federal Emergency
Management Agency Directors,” location http://www.fema.gov/about/directors.shtm,
16 May 2002.
Entry 0253 - updated 25 July 2003