Past Directors
The following is a list of the individuals who have served as Directors of the USGS since its formation in 1879.
Jim Reilly
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2018-2021
Suzette Kimball
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2015 - 2017
Marcia K. McNutt
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2009-2013
Mark Myers
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2006-2009
Charles G. Groat
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1998-2005
Gordon P. Eaton
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1994-1997
Dallas Lynn Peck
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1981-1993
Henry William Menard
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1978-1981
Vincent Ellis McKelvey
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1971-1978
William Thomas Pecora
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1965-1971
Thomas Brennan Nolan
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1956-1965
William Embry Wrather
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1943-1956
Walter Curran Mendenhall
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1930-1943
George Otis Smith
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1907-1930
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1894-1907
John Wesley Powell
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1881-1894
Clarence King
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1879-1881