COMMANDANTS OF THE
U.S. ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE
Otis, Elwell, COL November 1881 - June 1885
Ruger, Thomas Howard, COL June 1885 - May 1886
McCook, Alexander McDowell, COL May 1886 - August 1890
Townsend, Edwin F., COL August 1890 - October 1894
Hawkins, Hamilton Smith, COL October 1894 - April 1898
Miner, Charles W., COL September 1902 - June 1903 (1)
Bell, John Franklin, BG July 1903 - June 1906
Hall, Charles Badger, BG August 1906 - April 1908
Morrison, John Frank, MAJ(Acting) April 1908 - August 1908
Funston, Frederick, BG August 1908 - January 1911
Potts, Ramsay D., BG January 1911 - February 1913
Burnham, William Power, LTC(Acting) February 1913 - August 1914
Greene, Henry A., BG September 1914 - August 1916
Swift, Eben, BG August 1916 - November 1916 (2)
McAndrew, James W., LTC November 1916 - June 1917
Miller, Charles H., LTC June 1917 - July 1917
Shunk, William A., COL July 1917 - July 1919
Muir, Charles H., MG July 1919 - August 1920
Holbrook, Lucius H., COL August 1920 - September 1920
Drum, Hugh Aloysius, BG September 1920 - July 1921
Ely, Hanson Edward, BG August 1921 - June 1923
Smith, Harry A., BG July 1923 - June 1925
King, Edward Leonard, BG July 1925 - July 1929
Heintzelman, Stuart, MG July 1929 - February 1935
Brees, Herbert Jay, MG February 1935 - June 1936
Bundel, Charles Michael, BG June 1936 - March 1939
McNair, Leslie James, BG April 1939 - October 1940
Gruber, Edmund L., BG October 1940 - May 1941
Fuller, Horace H., BG June 1941 - November 1941
Lewis, Converse R., COL(Acting) November 1941 - March 1942
Truesdell, Karl, MG March 1942 - November 1945
Gerow, Leonard T., LTG November 1945 - January 1948
Eddy, Manton S., LTG January 1948 - July 1950
Hartness, Harlan N., BG(Acting) July 1950 - October 1950
McBride, Horace L., MG October 1950 - March 1952
Hodes, Henry I., MG March 1952 - March 1954
Beauchamp, Charles E., BG (Acting) March 1954 - July 1954
Davidson, Garrison Holt, MG July 1954 - July 1956
McGarr, Lionel C., MG July 1956 - August 1960
Johnson, Harold K., MG August 1960 - February 1963
Lemley, Harry Jacob, Jr., MG February 1963 - August 1966
Davison, Michael S., MG August 1966 - September 1968
Hay, John Hancock, MG September 1968 - 1971 (3)
Hennessey, John J., MG 1971 - July/August 1973
Cushman, John H., MG (first CAC Commander) August 1973 - February 1976
Brady, Morris J., MG (temporary) February, 1976 - November 1976
Thurman, John R., III, MG (second CAC Commander) November 1976 - 1979
Richardson, William Reed, LTG 1979 - 1981
Stone, Howard F., LTG August 1981 - July 1982
Merritt, Jack Neil, LTG July 1982 - June 1983
Vuono, Carl E., LTG June 1983 - June 1985
Riscassi, Robert W., LTG June 1985 - June 1986
Bartlett, Gerald T., LTG June 1986 - July 1988
Wishart, Leonard P., III, LTG July 1988 - Aug 1991
Shoffner, Wilson Allen, LTG August 1991 - 27 July 1993
Miller, John E., LTG 27 July 1993 - 19 July 1995
Holder, Leonard D., LTG 19 July 1995 - 7 August 1997
Meigs, Montgomery C., LTG 7 August 1997 - 1 October 1998
Steele, William M., LTG 23 October 1998 - 26 July 2001
Riley, James, LTG 26 July 2001 - 26 June 2003
Wallace, William E. LTG 22 July 2003 - 20 October 2005
Petraeus, David H. LTG 20 October 2005 - 2 February 2007
Caldwell IV, William, LTG 12 July 2007 - 2 November 2009
Cardon, Edward, BG (P), acting 2 November 2009 - March 3, 2010
Caslen, Robert L., Jr. 3 March, 2010 -
1The Infantry and Cavalry School ( an early name
of CGSC) was closed for four years during the Spanish-American War and the
Philippine Insurrection. See Elvid Hunt, History of Fort Leavenworth, 1827-1937,
2d ed. (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General Staff School Press, 1937),
150, 215. Return to list
2The Army Service Schools were closed again during
World War I. War Department orders mandated graduation of all classes on 16 May
1916 and officers were ordered to report to their regiments. During the war,
Fort Leavenworth was an active training center for units of regular soldiers and
new officers. The General Service Schools were reestablished in 1919. ibid.,
216; and U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, A Military History of the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1881-1963 (Fort Leavenworth, KS:
The College, 1964), 20, 22. Return to list
3Most of this list came from published sources. For
Major Generals Hay through Richardson, names and dates were compiled from
organizational charts and the exact dates of the beginning and end of command
could not be determined.
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