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Under/Deputy Secretaries of the Interior

Since the National Park Service was created on August 25, 1916


      Name Period of Service
Charles West8/05/1935-5/10/1938
Harry Slattery 6/04/1938-9/25/1939
Alvin J. Wirtz 1/02/1940-7/01/1941
John J. Dempsey 7/08/1941-6/24/1942
Abe Fortas 6/25/1942-1/15/1946
Oscar L. Chapman 3/27/1946-12/01/1949
Richard D. Searles 4/30/1951-8/31/1952
Vernon D. Northrop 9/01/1952-3/30/1953
Ralph A. Tudor 3/31/1953-8/31/1954
Clarence A. Davis 9/01/1954-1/04/1957
Hatfield Chilson 3/18/1957-9/20/1958
Elmer F. Bennett 9/21/1958-1/20/1961
James K. Carr 1/30/1961-7/15/1964
John A. Carver, Jr. 12/30/1964-9/12/1966
Charles F. Luce 9/13/1966-7/25/1967
David S. Black 7/20/1967-1/19/1969
Russell E. Train 2/07/1969-2/09/1970
Fred J. Russell 4/09/1970-2/27/1971
William T. Pecora 5/1905/71-7/19/1972
John C. Whitaker 1/22/1973-5/01/1975
Kent Frizzell 11/24/1975-1/01/1977
James Joseph 3/14/1977-1/19/1981
Donald Paul Hodel 2/09/1981-11/05/1982
J.J. Simmons III 3/01/1983-2/22/1984
Ann Dore McLaughlin 2/22/1984-2/29/1987
Earl E. Gjelde 12/14/1987-5/03/1989
Frank A. Bracken16/30/1989-1993


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John Garamendi8/15/1995-4/1998


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Lynn Scarlett11/22/2005-5/22/2009
David J. Hayes5/22/2009-6/30/2013
Michael L. Connor2/27/2014-

1 Effective 11/18/1990, the title of this position was changed from Under Secretary of the Interior to Deputy Secretary of the Interior.



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