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Past Directors

The following is a list of the individuals who have served as Directors of the USGS since its formation in 1879.

Jim Reilly

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

2018-2021

 

Suzette Kimball

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

2015 - 2017

Marcia K. McNutt

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

2009-2013

Mark Myers

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

2006-2009

Charles G. Groat

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1998-2005

Gordon P. Eaton

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1994-1997

Dallas Lynn Peck

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1981-1993

Henry William Menard

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1978-1981

Vincent Ellis McKelvey

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1971-1978

William Thomas Pecora

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1965-1971

Thomas Brennan Nolan

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1956-1965

William Embry Wrather

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1943-1956

Walter Curran Mendenhall

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1930-1943

George Otis Smith

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1907-1930

Charles Doolittle Walcott

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1894-1907

John Wesley Powell

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1881-1894

Clarence King

Director, U.S. Geological Survey

1879-1881

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