Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization

Model family fallout shelter at an Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization fair exhibit, 1960

The Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, created in 1958 originally as Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization, was an office of the Executive Office of the President of the United States which consolidated the functions of the existing Office of Defense Mobilization and the Federal Civil Defense Administration.[1][2][3] The civil defense functions of the office were transferred to the Department of Defense's Office of Civil Defense from August 1, 1961. With its remaining functions, the office was re-designated as the Office of Emergency Planning from September 22, 1961.[4] It eventually was renamed the Office of Emergency Preparedness from October 21, 1968, and abolished on July 1, 1973.

Directors

Name Start End President
Leo Hoegh July 1, 1958 January 20, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
John Patterson
Acting 		January 20, 1961 January 27, 1961 John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
Lewis Berry
Acting 		January 27, 1961 March 9, 1961
Frank Ellis March 9, 1961 February 2, 1962
Edward McDermott February 2, 1962
Acting: February 2, 1962 – April 12, 1962 		March 4, 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
Buford Ellington March 4, 1965 March 23, 1966
Farris Bryant March 23, 1966 October 9, 1967
Price Daniel October 9, 1967 January 20, 1969
George Lincoln January 29, 1969 January 20, 1973 Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
Darrell Trent
Acting 		January 20, 1973 July 1, 1973

See also

References

  1. ^ "Records of the Office of Emergency Preparedness | National Archives". The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 Amendment of 1958 ~ P.L. 85-763" (PDF). 72 Stat. 861 ~ Senate Bill 4059. U.S. Government Printing Office. August 26, 1958.
  3. ^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Letter to Leo A. Hoegh, Administrator of Federal Civil Defense, on His Becoming Director, Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization.," June 24, 1958". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
  4. ^ The United States Government Manual. 1995. Mobilization, Office of Defense and Civilian Established by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1958
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