Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization

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 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.

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

Directors
  • Leo Hoegh, July 1, 1958 – January 20, 1961
  • John S. Patterson, January 20, 1961 – January 27, 1961 (Acting)
  • Lewis Berry, January 27, 1961 – March 9, 1961 (Acting)
  • Frank Ellis, March 9, 1961 – February 2, 1962 (Emergency Planning from September 22, 1961)
  • Edward McDermott, February 2, 1962 – March 4, 1965 (Acting until April 12, 1962)
  • Buford Ellington, March 4, 1965 – March 23, 1966
  • Farris Bryant, March 23, 1966 – October 9, 1967
  • Price Daniel, October 9, 1967 – January 20, 1969 (Emergency Preparedness from October 21, 1968)
  • George Lincoln, January 29, 1969 – January 20, 1973
  • Darrell Trent, January 20, 1973 – July 1, 1973 (Acting)

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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