Table of Contents		Historic Listing of National Park Service Officials Superintendents of National Park System Areas A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z M       AREA / Name Period of Service MAGGIE L. WALKER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, VIRGINIA (Authorized 11/10/1978) Administered Supt., Richmond NBP 11/10/1978 - MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, KENTUCKY 1 (Authorized 5/25/26; Established 7/1/1941) Robert P. Holland, Act'g. Supt. 9/02/1936 - 6/21/1938 R. Taylor Hoskins, Act'g. Supt. 6/22/1938 - 6/30/1941 R. Taylor Hoskins, Supt. 7/01/1941 - 3/31/1951 Thomas C. Miller, Supt. 4/01/1951 - 6/30/1954 Perry E. Brown, Supt. 7/01/1954 - 9/14/1963 Paul McG. Miller, Supt. 9/15/1963 - 12/30/1965 John A. Aubuchon, Supt. 1/02/1966 - 9/07/1968 Robert H. Bendt, Supt. 2 9/08/1968 - 1/23/1971 Joseph Kulesza, Supt. 2/21/1971 - 5/31/1976 Albert A. Hawkins, Supt. 7/04/1976 - 8/11/1979 Robert L. Deskins, Supt. 8/12/1979 - 9/01/1984 Richard N. Strange, Act'g. Supt. 9/02/1984 - 12/08/1984 Franklin D. Pridemore, Supt. 12/09/1984 - 1/02/1988 David A. Mihalic, Supt. 1/03/1988 - 1 Park authorized 5/25/26. On 5/14/1934, the minimum park area was provided. On 5/22/1936, the minimum area was accepted for administration and protection. 2 Assigned line supervision of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS from 9/02/1970 to 4/27/1975. MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK, VIRGINIA (Designated 5/10/1940) Raleigh C. Taylor, Supt. 5/21/1940 - 3/15/1942 Joseph Mills Hanson, Act'g. Supt. 4/21/1942 - 12/31/1947 James B. Myers, Supt. 1/12/1948 - 8/31/1955 Francis F. Wilshin, Supt. 9/01/1955 - 4/19/1969 Russell W. Berry, Jr., Management Asst. 1 6/29/1969 - 5/20/1973 Richard E. Hoffman, Supt. 2 7/12/1973 - 4/23/1977 R. Brien Varnado, Supt. 5/20/1977 - 4/20/1980 Rolland R. Swain, Supt. 9/05/1980 - 4/23/1988 Susan K. Moore, Act'g Supt. 4/24/1988 - 8/13/1988 Ken Apschnikat, Supt. 8/14/1988 - 1 Administered by Supt., Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial NMP & Cem., from 7/01/1969. Administration supervised by Virginia State Office from 12/12/1971. 2 Administration changed to National Capital Region 8/1973. MANHATTAN SITES, NEW YORK 1 (Established 8/15/1976) Robert Nash, Supt. 8/15/1976 - 2/26/1977 Duane R. Pearson, Supt. 2/27/1977 - 9/17/1983 Robert F. Mahoney, Supt. 10/30/1983 - 7/29/1989 Joseph T. Avery, Act'g Supt. 7/30/1989 - 2/24/1990 Georgette T. Nelms, Supt. 2/25/1990 - 1 Sites consist of Federal Hall, Hamilton Grange, and General Grant National Memorials, Castle Clinton National Monument and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site. St. Paul's Church National Historic Site assigned to Manhattan Sites administration 11/10/1978. St. Paul's operated under a Cooperative Agreement with a not-for-profit corporation from October 1, 1982. MAR-A-LAGO NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, FLORIDA (Designated 1/16/1969 -- Divested 4/04/1981) James Griffin, Supt. 9/15/1974 - 4/04/1981 MARBLE CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA (Established 1/20/1969) Administered by Supt., Grand Canyon NP 1/20/1969 - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, GEORGIA (Established 10/10/1980) Janet C. Wolf, Supt. 1/26/1980 - 8/04/1984 Randolph Scott, Supt. 8/05/1984 - 8/31/1990 Jerry Belson, Supt. 1 7/15/1990 - 1 Was appointed to the position of superintendent on 7/15/1990 prior to the retirement of Superintendent Scott. Both served concurrently until 8/31/1990. MARTIN VAN BUREN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, NEW YORK 1 (Established 10/26/1974; title accepted by Gov't 8/26/1974) Bruce W. Stewart, Supt. 7/07/1976 - 1 Administration supervised by Supt., Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vanderbilt Mansion NHS 8/28/1975 to 10/01/1977. MASAU TRAIL (Authorized 12/31/1987) Administered by Southwest Regional Office McLOUGHLIN HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, WASHINGTON (Established 6/27/1941) Administered by McLoughlin Memorial Association MERIWETHER LEWIS NATIONAL MONUMENT, TENNESSEE (Established 2/06/1925; disestablished 8/10/1961, and added to Natchez Trace Parkway) UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT DeLong Rice, Supt. 7/01/1926 - 9/24/1929 Robert A. Livingston, In Charge 10/01/1929 - 4/15/1930 Robert A. Livingston, Supt. 4/15/1930 - 10/31/1933 UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1 David A. Clark, Act'g. Cust. 10/16/1935 - 10/06/1940 Donnell E. O'Brien, Act'g. Cust. 12/01/1940 - 6/30/1942 Donnell E. O'Brien, Cust. (Mil. Furl.) 7/01/1942 - 7/05/1943 Clyde B. King, Act'g. Cust. 1/11/1944 - 7/28/1946 Donnell E. O'Brien, Act'g. Cust. 7/29/1946 - 8/01/1946 J. Fred Roush, Supt. 2 6/20/1947 - 2/28/1953 1 Transferred from War Department 8/10/1933. 2 Administered by Supt., Natchez Trace Parkway from 2/28/1953 and integrated into Natchez Trace Parkway 8/10/1961. MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO (Established 6/29/1906) William D. Leonard, Act'g. Supt. 10/08/1906 - 5/02/1907 Charles F. Werner, Act'g. Supt. 5/03/1907 - 8/30/1907 Hans M. Randolph, Supt. 8/31/1907 - 4/19/1911 E.B. Linnen, Act'g. Supt. 4/20/1911 - 5/04/1911 Richard Wright, Act'g. Supt. 5/09/1911 - 9/29/1911 Samuel E. Shoemaker, Supt. 9/30/1911 - 12/23/1913 Thomas Rickner, Supt. 1 12/24/1913 - 5/31/1921 Jesse L. Nusbaum, Supt. 2 6/01/1921 - 3/15/1931 C. Marshall Finnan, Supt. 3/16/1931 - 10/08/1933 Ernest P. Leavitt, Supt. 3 11/16/1933 - 10/11/1935 Paul R. Franke, Act'g. Supt. 10/12/1935 - 12/01/1935 Jesse L. Nusbaum, Supt. 1/01/1936 - 7/31/1939 Paul R. Franke, Supt. 8/01/1939 - 8/15/1940 John S. McLaughlin, Supt. (Mil. Furl.) 8/16/1940 - 4/17/1942 Jesse L. Nusbaum, Act'g. Supt. 5/12/1942 - 2/17/1946 John S. McLaughlin, Supt. 2/18/1946 - 5/16/1946 W. Ward Yeager, Act'g. Supt. 5/17/1946 - 5/22/1946 Robert H. Rose, Supt. 5/23/1946 - 12/14/1952 Oscar W. Carlson, Supt. 12/15/1952 - 9/06/1958 Chester A. Thomas, Supt. 9/07/1958 - 7/02/1966 Meredith M. Guillet, Supt. 4 8/14/1966 - 7/01/1972 Meredith M. Guillet, Act'g Supt. 5 7/02/1972 - 10/28/1972 Ronald R. Switzer, Supt. 10/29/1972 - 6/02/1979 Robert C. Heyder, Supt. 6/03/1979 - 1 Administers Yucca House NM from 12/19/1919. 2 Administers Hovenweep NM from 3/02/1923. 3 Supervised administration of Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Colorado NMs from 8/13/1935 to 7/01/1953. 4 Supervised adm. of Aztec Ruins NM from 8/12/1967 to 1/09/1971. 5 Reemployed after retirement as Asst. Supt. Indian Consultant, resigned 2/04/1973. MILLERTON LAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CALIFORNIA 1 (Established 5/22/1945) Hugh Peyton, Cust. 12/17/1945 - 11/21/1948 Hugh Peyton, Supt. 11/22/1948 - 8/15/1953 Homer W. Robinson, Supt. 9/27/1953 - 7/15/1955 J. Barton Herschler, Supt. 7/16/1955 - 10/26/1956 Merritt S. Johnston, Act'g. Supt. 10/27/1956 - 11/12/1957 1 Transferred to State of California 11/12/1957. MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, MASSACHUSETTS 1 (Established 9/21/1959) Edwin W. Small, Act'g. Project Manager 7/01/1960 - 2/28/1961 Edwin W. Small, Supt. 3/01/1961 - 3/20/1965 Benjamin J. Zerbey, Supt. 2 3/21/1965 - 7/13/1968 Transfer interrupted! sst. 9/21/1969 - 11/25/1972 David L. Moffitt, Supt. 3 11/26/1972 - 1/21/1977 Robert Nash, Supt. 2/27/1977 - 9/24/1989 Fredrick A. Szarka, Act'g Supt. 9/25/1989 - 12/30/1989 Lawrence D. Gall, Supt. 12/31/1989 - 1 Designated as NHS 4/14/1959; changed to NHP 9/21/1959. 2 Administration supervised by Gen. Supt., Boston NPS Group, 7/14/1968. Headquarters at Minute Man NHP. 3 As of 2/17/1974 Boston NPS Group no longer in operation, Minute Man separated from Group. MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION AREA, MINNESOTA 1 (Established 11/18/1988) Norman J. Reigle, Jr., Supt. 12/31/1989 - 1 Authorized by PL 100-696, 16USC460zz, 11/18/1988. MONOCACY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, MARYLAND (Authorized 6/21/1934) Administered by Supt., Antietam National Battlefield MONTEZUMA CASTLE NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA (Established 12/08/1906) Martin L. Jackson, Cust. 12/16/1921 - 1/26/1937 Luther E. Jackson, Cust. 2/01/1937 - 3/31/1943 Homer F. Hastings, Cust. 4/16/1943 - 4/09/1949 John O. Cook, Supt. 4/10/1949 - 2/04/1956 Foy L. Young, Supt. 4/09/1956 - 1/04/1959 Albert G. Henson, Supt. 1/18/1959 - 5/26/1962 Hugh B. Ebert, Supt. 1 8/12/1962 - 5/29/1971 Edward A. Nichols, Supt. 7/11/1971 - 9/29/1974 Glen E. Henderson, Act'g Supt. 9/30/1974 - 12/31/1974 Glen E. Henderson, Supt. 2 1/01/1975 - 1 Supervised by Gen. Supt., Flagstaff NPS Group, from 2/28/1968 to 1/09/1971 and by Gen. Supt., Southern Arizona Group from 1/10/1971. 2 Administered Tuzigoot National Monument from 7/01/1975. MOORES CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK, NORTH CAROLINA 1 (Established 6/02/1926) George J. Moore, Supt. 2/06/1928 - 8/10/1933 George J. Moore, Supt. 10/01/1933 - 10/15/1935 Clyde B. King, Act'g. Supt. 10/21/1935 - 11/30/1936 Clyde B. King, Supt. 12/01/1936 - 1/14/1942 Oswald E. Camp, Cust. 1/15/1942 - 1/31/1949 Harry D. Goodson, Supt. 4/11/1949 - 12/17/1955 George C. Blake, Supt. 4/08/1956 - 2/28/1959 James M. Ford, Supt. 3/01/1959 - 4/11/1964 Russell A. Gibbs, Supt. 8/02/1964 - 10/31/1969 John R. DeWeese, Supt. 12/14/1969 - 6/30/1972 Raymond Ives, Supt. 9/01/1972 - 10/22/1977 John W. Stockert, Supt. 1/15/1978 - 2/02/1985 Frederick H. Boyles, Supt. 5/19/1985 - 11/18/1989 Hattie L. Squires, Act'g Supt. 11/19/1989 - 2/10/1990 Dusty G. Shultz, Supt. 2/11/1990 - 1 Transferred from War Department 8/10/1933. MORMON PIONEER NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL (Authorized 11/10/1978) Administered by Rocky Mountain Regional Office MORRISTOWN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, NEW JERSEY (Authorized 3/02/1933) Elbert Cox, Supt. 8/16/1934 - 5/16/1939 Herbert E. Kahler, Supt. 5/17/1939 - 1/31/1940 Francis S. Ronalds, Supt. 1 2/01/1940 - 3/31/1967 William G. Binnewies, Supt. 8/12/1979 - 3/22/1981 Warren D. Beach, Supt. 8/23/1981 - 7/21/1984 Janet C. Wolf, Supt. 8/05/1984 - 3/10/1990 James H. Holcomb, Act'g Supt. 2 3/11/1990 - 6/30/1990 Diane Dayson, Supt. 7/01/1990 - 1 Morristown NHP and Edison NHS combined for administration 10/08/1967 to 8/12/1979. Administration supervised by Dir., New York District from 12/26/1971 to 1/06/1974 and then back to Morristown-Edison Group. 2 Superintendent Wolf was detailed as acting project manager for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail on 2/19/1989. Mr. Holcomb was detailed as superintendent on 2/12/1989, and remained in this capacity through Superintendent Wolf's official promotion/reassignment on 3/11/1990. MORRISTOWN-EDISON NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GROUP, NEW JERSEY 1 Melvin J. Weig, Gen. Supt. 10/08/1967 - 7/31/1970 Stephen T. Lewis, Gen. Supt. 8/23/1970 - 10/01/1972 James W. Coleman, Jr., Gen. Supt. 10/29/1972 - 7/05/1975 William G. Binnewies, Gen. Supt. 8/17/1975 - 8/12/1979 1 Morristown NHP and Edison NHS combined for administration 10/08/1967 to 8/12/1979. Administration supervised by Dir., New York District from 12/26/1971 to 1/06/1974 and then back to Morristown-Edison Group. MOUND CITY GROUP NATIONAL MONUMENT, OHIO 1 (Established 3/02/1923) William W. Luckett, Act'g. Cust. 7/24/1946 - 9/24/1946 Clyde B. King, Supt. 11/02/1946 - 3/31/1962 John C.W. Riddle, Supt. 9/04/1962 - 6/12/1965 James W. Coleman, Jr., Supt. 7/18/1965 - 7/02/1967 George F. Schesventer, Supt. 2 7/30/1967 - 3/06/1971 William C. Birdsell, Gen. Supt. 3 3/07/1971 - 7/15/1975 Fred Fagergren, Jr., Supt. 10/26/1975 - 3/07/1981 Kenneth E. Apschnikat, Supt. 4/19/1981 - 8/13/1988 Bonnie M. Murray, Act'g Supt. 8/14/1988 - 12/03/1988 William Gibson, Supt. 12/04/1988 - 1 Established 3/02/1933 under War Department, administered through agreement with Ohio Historical Society. Transferred from War Department 8/10/1933. Administration under agreement by Ohio Historical Society until 7/24/1946. 2 Administered William Howard Taft NHS from 12/02/1969 to 12/03/1970. 3 Served as Gen. Supt., Ohio NPS Group from 3/07/1971 with headquarters at Mound City Group NM until 7/15/1975. MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON (Established 3/02/1899) G. F. Allen, Act'g. Supt. 7/01/1901 - 12/31/1909 Edward S. Hall, Supt. 1/15/1910 - 6/30/1913 Ethan Allen, Supt. 7/01/1913 - 12/31/1914 John J. Sheehan, Supt. 1/16/1915 - 5/31/1915 DeWitt L. Reaburn, Supt. 6/01/1915 - 4/18/1919 Alex Sparrow, Act'g. Supt. 4/19/1919 - 5/27/1919 Roger Wolcott Toll, Supt. 5/28/1919 - 10/14/1920 Herman B. Barnett, Act'g. Supt. 10/15/1920 - 10/21/1920 William H. Peters, Supt. 10/22/1920 - 6/09/1922 Clarence L. Nelson, Act'g. Supt. 6/10/1922 - 7/13/1923 Owen A. Tomlinson, Supt. 7/14/1923 - 7/14/1941 John C. Preston, Supt. 7/29/1941 - 9/14/1951 Preston P. Macy, Supt. 9/15/1951 - 11/24/1961 John A. Rutter, Supt. 1/22/1962 - 12/31/1966 John A. Townsley, Supt. 2/12/1967 - 6/10/1972 Daniel J. Tobin, Jr., Supt. 7/09/1972 - 9/10/1977 William J. Briggle, Supt. 9/25/1977 - 4/14/1984 Neal G. Guse Jr., Supt. 6/10/1984 - MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, SOUTH DAKOTA 1 (Authorized 3/03/1925; Established 7/01/1939) James Lincoln Borglum, Supt. 10/01/1941 - 5/15/1944 John E. Suter, Act'g. Cust. 3/09/1947 - 7/22/1948 Albert E. Elliott, Supt. 2 9/23/1948 - 5/20/1951 Charles E. Humberger, Supt. 6/30/1951 - 10/19/1958 W. Leon Evans, Supt. 12/14/1958 - 12/30/1965 Wallace O. McCaw, Supt. 5/08/1966 - 4/01/1973 Harvey D. Wickware, Supt. 4/15/1973 - 6/02/1979 Edwin Rothfuss, Supt. 6/03/1979 - 8/28/1982 Robert W. Reynolds, Supt. 2/06/1983 - 8/31/1985 Daniel N. Wenk, Supt. 9/01/1985 - 1 Managed by Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission until the management responsibilities of Commission transferred to the NPS 7/01/1939. John L. Nagle and Julian C. Spotts served as NPS representatives until 10/01/1941. 2 Administration supervised by Gen. Supt., Black Hills Areas, from 5/05/1950 to 5/31/1954. MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA (Established 1/09/1908) Andrew Lind, Cust. 1/25/1908 - 5/18/1921 Richard Festus O'Rourke, Ranger in Charge 5/19/1921 - 6/30/1923 John T. Needham, Cust. 7/01/1923 - 7/17/1930 William J. Thomas, Act'g. Cust. 7/18/1930 - 8/31/1930 J. Barton Herschler, Cust. 9/01/1930 - 2/16/1938 Walter Finn, Supt. 2/17/1938 - 2/26/1953 William H. Gibbs, Supt. 3/04/1953 - 12/31/1954 Donald J. Erskine, Supt. 1/02/1955 - 3/24/1956 John M. Mahoney, Supt. 5/20/1956 - 12/15/1957 Frederick M. Martischang, Supt. 2/04/1958 - 2/18/1963 James L. McLaughlin, Supt. 6/06/1963 - 5/03/1965 Bruce W. Shaw, Supt. 6/20/1965 - 4/08/1967 Richard S. Tousley, Supt. 1 7/17/1967 - 6/28/1969 Leonard A. Frank, Supt. 8/10/1969 - 4/15/1972 Richard B. Hardin, Supt. 2/14/1973 - 4/10/1977 Marvin C. Hershey, Site Manager2 4/11/1977 - 12/11/1982 Glenn R. Fuller, Site Manager 2/05/1984 - 1 As a unit of the San Francisco Bay Area Group administration supervised by Supt., Point Reyes NS, from 7/01/1968 to 10/27/1972. Administration was transferred on 10/28/1972 to the Bay Area General Manager, and on 8/4/1974 to the south area manager who was also the Superintendent of Golden Gate NRA. 2 On 4/11/1977, Muir Woods National Monument was simply designated as a district of Golden Gate NRA, and was operated accordingly. M A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
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