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 X-Y       AREA / Name Period of Service YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING-MONTANA-IDAHO (Established 3/01/1872) Nathaniel P. Langford, Supt. 5/10/1872 - 4/17/l877 Philetus W. Norris, Supt. 4/18/1977 - 3/31/l882 Patrick H. Conger, Supt. 4/01/1882 - 9/08/1884 Robert E. Carpenter, Supt. 9/09/1884 - 6/30/1885 David W. Wear, Supt. 7/01/1885 - 8/19/1886 UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT Capt. Moses Harris, Act'g. Supt. 8/20/1886 - 5/31/1889 Capt. Frazier Augustus Boutelle, Act'g. Supt. 6/01/1889 - 2/14/1891 Capt. George Smith Anderson, Act'g. Supt. 2/15/1891 - 6/22/1897 Col. Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, Act'g. Supt. 6/23/1897 - 11/14/1897 Capt. James Brailsford Erwin, Act'g. Supt. 11/15/1897 - 3/14/1899 Capt. Wilbur Elliott Wilder, Act'g. Supt. 3/15/1899 - 6/22/1899 Capt. Oscar James Brown, Act'g Supt. 6/23/1899 - 7/23/1900 Capt. George William Goode, Act'g. Supt. 7/24/1900 - 5/07/1901 Maj. John Pitcher, Act'g Supt. 5/08/1901 - 5/30/1907 Gen. Samuel Baldwin Marks Young (Ret), Supt. 6/01/1907 - 11/27/1908 Maj. Harry Coupland Benson, Act'g Supt. 11/28/1908 - 9/30/1910 Col. Lloyd Milton Brett, Act'g. Supt. 10/01/1910 - 10/14/1916 UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Chester A. Lindsley, Act'g. Supt. 10/15/1916 - 6/08/1919 Horace M. Albright, Supt. 6/09/1919 - 1/11/1929 Roger Wolcott Toll, Supt.1 2/01/1929 - 2/24/1936 John W. Emmert, Act'g. Supt. 2/25/1936 - 5/23/1936 Edmund B. Rogers, Supt. 5/24/1936 - 10/31/1956 Lemuel A. Garrison, Supt. 11/01/1956 - 2/15/1964 John S. McLaughlin, Supt. 3/03/1964 - 10/07/1967 Jack K. Anderson, Supt. 10/08/1967 - 7/22/1975 John A. Townsley, Supt. 8/03/1975 - 9/18/1982 James B. Thompson, Act'g. Supt. 9/19/1982 - 1/08/1983 Robert D. Barbee, Supt. 1/09/1983 - 1 Administers Big Hole Battlefield NM from 8/10/1933 to 6/13/1982. YORKTOWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA 1 (Probable Authorization date 1866; Established 7/03/1930) Randolph G. Anderson, Supt. 2 9/19/1931 - 6/26/1942 1 Transferred from War Department 8/10/1933. (Official designation 7/03/1930.) 2 Administered by Supt., Colonial NHP, from 6/26/1942. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA (Established 10/01/1890) UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT 1 Capt. Abram Epperson Wood, Act'g. Sup. 5/17/1891 - 5/29/1893 Capt. George Henry Goodwin Gale, Act'g. Supt. 5/25/1894 - 5/23/1895 Capt. Alexander Rodgers, Act'g. Supt. 5/24/1895 - 5/17/1896 Lt. Col. Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, Act'g. Supt. 5/18/1896 - 5/20/1897 Maj. Alexander Rodgers, Act'g. Supt. 5/21/1897 - 6/15/1898 J.W. Zevely, Act'g. Supt. 6/16/1898 - 9/23/1898 Capt. Joseph E. Caine, Act'g. Supt. 9/24/1898 - 1/1899 Lt. W.H. McMasters, Act'g. Supt. 1/1899 - 6/17/1899 Lt. William Forse, Act'g. Supt. 6/18/1899 - 8/02/1899 Capt. Elon Farnsworth Willcox, Act'g. Supt. 8/03/1899 - 10/28/1899 Maj. Louis Henry Rucker, Act'g. Supt. 6/03/1900 - 9/15/1900 Maj. Louis Aleck Craig, Act'g. Supt. 6/17/1901 - 10/10/1901 Maj. Otto Louis Hein, Act'g. Supt. 6/26/1902 - 9/25/1902 Lt. Col. Joseph Garrand, Act'g. Supt. 5/07/1903 - 10/08/1903 Maj. John Bigelow, Jr., Act'g. Supt. 5/23/1904 - 9/24/1904 Capt. Willard Herman McCornack, Act'g. Supt. 9/25/1904 - 12/00/1904 Capt. Harry Coupland Benson, Act'g. Supt. 1905 - 12/00/1905 Maj. Harry Coupland Benson, Act'g. Supt. 5/25/1906 - 10/25/1908 Maj. William Woods Forsyth, Act'g. Supt. 4/27/1909 - 9/30/1912 Maj. William Thomas Littebrant, Act'g. Supt. 5/01/1913 - 7/09/1914 UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mark Daniels, Act'g. Supt. 7/10/1914 - 5/25/1915 George V. Bell, Supt. 6/01/1915 - 11/14/1915 Mark Daniels, Act'g. Supt. 11/15/1915 - 12/08/1915 Gabriel Sovulewski, Supervisor 12/09/1915 - 3/02/1916 Washington B. Lewis, Supervisor 3/03/1916 - 10/31/1917 Washington B. Lewis, Supt. 11/01/1917 - 7/03/1928 Earnest P. Leavitt, Act'g. Supt. 7/04/1928 - 2/14/1929 Charles Goff Thomson, Supt.2 2/15/1929 - 3/21/1937 John B. Wosky, Act'g. Supt. 3/22/1937 - 6/01/1937 Lawrence C. Merriam, Supt. 6/02/1937 - 7/31/1941 Frank A. Kittredge, Supt. 8/01/1941 - 11/30/1947 Carl P. Russell, Supt. 12/01/1947 - 10/31/1952 John C. Preston, Supt. 11/01/1952 - 12/30/1965 John M. Davis, Supt. 2/27/1966 - 1/13/1968 Lawrence C. Hadley, Supt. 1/28/1968 - 8/22/1970 Wayne B. Cone, Supt. 7/26/1970 - 8/21/1971 Lynn H. Thompson, Supt. 8/08/1971 - 1/05/1974 John M. Good, Act'g. Supt. 1/07/1974 - 1/19/1974 Leslie P. Arnberger, Supt. 1/20/1974 - 7/14/1979 William N. Burgen, Act'g. Supt. 7/15/1979 - 7/21/1979 Robert O. Binnewies, Supt. 7/22/1979 - 2/01/1986 James O. Laney, Act'g Supt. 2/02/1986 - 2/15/1986 John M. Morehead, Supt. 2/16/1986 - 5/06/1989 Barbara J. Griffin, Act'g Supt. 5/07/1989 - 8/12/1989 Michael V. Finley, Supt. 8/13/1989 - 1 Most War Department Act'g Supts. served only during the summer seasons. 2 Administered Devils Postpile NM from 8/10/1933, and Joshua Tree NM from 8/10/1936 to 9/09/1940. YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLORADO (Established 12/19/1919) Administered by Supt., Mesa Verde NP 12/19/1919 - YUKON-CHARLEY RIVERS NATIONAL PRESERVE, ALASKA (Est. as a monument 12/1/1978; as a preserve 12/2/1980) David A. Mihalic, Supt. 3/08/1981 - 4/14/1985 Donald D. Chase, Supt. 6/23/1985 - X-Y 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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