Appendix A

Chief Signal Officers and Their Successors

 

Chief Signal Officers
(1860-1964)

Maj. Albert J. Myer 1860-1863
   
Lt. Col. William J. L. Nicodemus 1863-1864
   
Col. Benjamin F. Fisher 1864-1866
   
Col. Albert J. Myer 1866-1880
(promoted to brigadier general 16 June 1880)  
   
Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen 1880-1887
   
Brig. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely 1887-1906
   
Brig. Gen. James Allen 1906-1913
   
Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven 1913-1917
   
Brig. Gen. George O. Squier 1917-1923
(promoted to major general 6 October 1917)  
   
Maj. Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman 1924-1928
   
Maj. Gen. George S. Gibbs 1928-1931
   
Maj. Gen. Irving J. Carr 1931-1934
   
Maj. Gen. James B. Allison 1935-1937
   
Maj. Gen. Joseph O. Mauborgne 1937-1941

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Maj. Gen. Dawson Olmstead 1941-1943
   
Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles 1943-1947
   
Maj. Gen. Spencer B. Akin 1947-1951
   
Maj. Gen. George I. Back 1951-1955
   
Lt. Gen. James D. O'Connell 1955-1959
   
Maj. Gen. Ralph T. Nelson 1959-1962
   
Maj. Gen. Earle F. Cook 1962-1963
   
Maj. Gen. David P. Gibbs 1963-1964

Chiefs of Communications-Electronics
(1964-1967) 

Maj. Gen. David P. Gibbs 1964-1966
   
Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lotz, Jr. 1966-1967

Assistant Chiefs of Staff for Communications-Electronics
(1967-1974)  

Maj. Gen. Walter E. Lotz, Jr. 1967-1968
   
Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett 1968-1972
   
Lt. Gen. Thomas M. Rienzi 1972-1974

Directors of Telecommunications and Command and Control
(1974-1978)
(a directorate of ODCSOPS) 

Lt. Gen. Thomas M. Rienzi 1974-1977
   
Lt. Gen. Charles R. Myer 1977-1978

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Assistant Chiefs of Staff for Automation and Communications
(1978-1981) 

Lt. Gen. Charles R. Myer 1978-1979
   
Maj. Gen. Clay T. Buckingham 1979-1981

Assistant Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Operations and Plans
(Command, Control, Communications, and Computers)
(1981-1984) 

Lt. Gen. David K. Doyle 1984-1986
   
Lt. Gen. Thurman D. Rodgers 1986-1987

Directors of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
(1987-2005

Lt. Gen. Thurman D. Rodgers 1987-1988
   
Lt. Gen. Bruce R. Harris 1988-1990
   
Lt. Gen. Jerome B. Hilmes 1990-1992
   
Lt. Gen. Peter A. Kind 1992-1994
   
Lt. Gen. Otto J. Guenther 1994-

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