No.
|
Picture
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Name
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Term of Office
|
Doctorate
|
Chief of Staff
|
Secretary
|
Military Assistant
|
37
|
|
Dr. Victoria Coleman
|
April 6, 2021 – Incumbent
|
University of Manchester, Computer Science, 1988
|
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
|
John P. Roth
|
Col David Montminy (2022-) Col Jason Vap (2021-2022) Col Mario Serna (2019-2021)
|
David W. Allwin
|
Frank Kendall III
|
36
|
|
Dr. Richard J. Joseph
|
January 2018 – April 5, 2021
|
University of Texas at Austin, Physics, 1979
|
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
|
Barbara Barrett
|
Col Mario Serna (2019-2021) Col Michelle Ewy (2016-2019)
|
David L. Goldfein
|
Heather Wilson
|
35
|
|
Dr. Greg Zacharias
|
June 2015 – January 2018
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Instrumentation, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1977
|
Mark Welsh
|
Deborah Lee James
|
Col Michelle Ewy (2016–2019) Col Anne L. Clark (2015–2016)
|
34
|
|
Dr. Mica Endsley
|
June 2013 – May 2015
|
University of Southern California, Industrial & Systems Engineering, 1990
|
Mark Welsh
|
Deborah Lee James
|
Col Anne L. Clark (2014-2015) Col James (Monty) Greer (2013-2014)
|
33
|
|
Dr. Mark T. Maybury
|
October 2010– May 2013
|
University of Cambridge, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), 1991
|
Mark Welsh
|
Michael B. Donley
|
Col James (Monty) Greer (2012–2013) Col Rod Miller (2011–2012) Col Eric Silkowski (2010–2011)
|
Norton A. Schwartz
|
32
|
|
Dr. Werner J. A. Dahm
|
October 2008– September 30, 2010
|
California Institute of Technology, Aeronautics, 1985
|
Norton A. Schwartz
|
Michael B. Donley
|
Col Eric Silkowski (2008–2010)
|
31
|
|
Dr. Mark J. Lewis
|
October 2004 – October 2008
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aeronautics & Astronautics, 1988
|
T. Michael Moseley
|
Michael Wynne
|
Col Robert Fredell (2006–2008)
|
John P. Jumper
|
James G. Roche
|
Col Daniel DeForest (2004–2006)
|
30
|
|
Dr. Alexander H. Levis
|
2001–2004
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering (Control Systems), 1968
|
John P. Jumper
|
James G. Roche
|
Col Daniel DeForest (2004) Col John Bedford (Sept. 2001 to 2003) Col Donald Erbschloe (-Dec 2001)
|
29
|
|
Dr. Louis S. Metzger
|
1999–2001
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering, 1975
|
Michael E. Ryan
|
James G. Roche Lawrence J. Delaney F. Whitten Peters
|
Col Donald Erbschloe (1998–2001)
|
28
|
|
Dr. Daniel E. Hastings
|
1997–1999
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Physics, 1980; (B.A. Oxford in Mathematics)
|
F. Whitten Peters
|
27
|
|
Dr. Ed Feigenbaum
|
1994–1997
|
Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University)
|
Ronald R. Fogleman
|
Sheila E. Widnall
|
Col Harvey Dahljelm (1994–1998)
|
Merrill A. McPeak
|
26
|
|
Dr. George R. Abrahamson
|
1991–1994
|
|
Merrill A. McPeak
|
Merrill A. McPeak Michael B. Donley Donald B. Rice
|
Col James Whiting (1991–1994)
|
25
|
|
Dr. Robert W. Selden
|
1988–1991
|
|
John M. Loh Michael Dugan Larry D. Welch
|
Donald B. Rice John J. Welch, Jr. James F. McGovern
|
Col Dan Heitz (1988–1989) and Col John Woody (1989–1991)
|
24
|
|
Dr. Harold W. Sorenson
|
1985–1988
|
UCLA, Electrical Engineering, 1966
|
Larry D. Welch Charles A. Gabriel
|
Edward C. Aldridge Jr. Russell A. Rourkee Verne Orr
|
Col Robert Hovde (1983–1987) and Col Robert Lancaster (1987–1988)
|
23
|
|
Allen R. Stubberud
|
1983–1985
|
UCLA, Engineering
|
Charles A. Gabriel
|
Verne Orr
|
Col Robert Hovde (1983–1987)
|
22
|
|
Edwin B. Stear
|
1979–1982
|
|
Lew Allen Jr.
|
Hans Mark
|
Col Michael Mottern (1982–1983) Col Robert Bannach (1981–1982)
|
21
|
|
Harry L. Van Trees
|
1978–1979
|
|
John C. Stetson
|
Col Robert Dundervill Jr. (1977–1981)
|
20
|
|
Fumio Robert Naka
|
1975–1978
|
|
David C. Jones
|
John C. Stetson Thomas C. Reed James W. Plummer
|
BGen Charles Cabell Jr. (1976–1977)
|
19
|
|
Dr. Michael I. Yarymovych
|
1973–1975
|
B. Eng Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering, New York University 1955, D Eng SC, 1960 Columbia University, Institute of Flight Structures
|
David C. Jones George S. Brown John Dale Ryan
|
James W. Plummer John L. McLucas
|
Col James Strub (1974–1976)
|
18
|
|
Eugene E. Covert
|
1972–1973
|
MIT PhD Magnetohydrodynamics
|
John D. Ryan
|
Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
|
Col Thaddeus Welch Jr. (1971–1974)
|
17
|
|
James W. Mar
|
1970–1972
|
MIT Undergraduate 1941; PhD MIT, Civil Engineering
|
LtCol Frank Attinger Jr. (1966–1971)
|
16
|
|
John J. Welch, Jr.
|
1969–1970
|
Undergraduate MIT Mechanical Engineering 1951
|
15
|
|
John C. Fisher
|
1968–1969
|
Undergraduate Ohio State, Physics, MIT PhD
|
John P. McConnell
|
Robert C. Seamans, Jr. Harold Brown
|
14
|
|
Robert H. Cannon, Jr.
|
1966–1968
|
University of Rochester 1944 PhD Mechanical Engineering MIT 1950
|
Harold Brown
|
13
|
|
Robert G. Loewy
|
1965–1966
|
RPI, MIT Masters 1948
|
Col Mike Zubon (1962–1966)
|
12
|
|
Dr. Winston R. Markey
|
1964–1965
|
BS Aeronautical Engineering, MIT, 1951, PhD MIT Aero Instrumentation
|
John P. McConnell Curtis E. LeMay
|
Eugene M. Zuckert
|
11
|
|
Dr. Robert W. Buchheim
|
1963–1964
|
|
Curtis E. LeMay
|
10
|
|
Dr. Launor F. Carter
|
1962–1963
|
Physiology
|
9
|
|
Dr. Leonard S. Sheingold
|
1961–1962
|
|
Col Loyd Jensen (1961–1962)
|
8
|
|
Alexander H. Flax
|
1959–1961
|
New York University, Aeronautical Engineering, 1940
|
Thomas D. White
|
Dudley C. Sharp James H. Douglas, Jr.
|
Col David Pearsall (1957–1961)
|
7
|
|
Joseph V. Charyk
|
1959
|
Univ of Alberta, Engineering Physics 1942; California Institute of Technology PhD 1946
|
James H. Douglas, Jr.
|
6
|
|
George E. Valley Jr.
|
1957–1958
|
University of Rochester, Physics, 1939
|
5
|
|
Courtland D. Perkins
|
1956–1957
|
M.S. MIT 1941; Princeton Honorary PhD, 2001
|
Nathan F. Twining
|
James H. Douglas, Jr. Donald A. Quarles
|
Col John Taylor (1954–1957)
|
4
|
|
Dr. Horton Guyford Stever
|
1955–1956
|
California Institute of Technology, Physics, 1941
|
Donald A. Quarles Harold E. Talbott
|
3
|
|
Dr. Chalmers W. Sherwin
|
1954–1955
|
University of Chicago, Experimental Physics 1940 (with Arthur Dempster)
|
Harold E. Talbott
|
2
|
|
David T. Griggs
|
1951–1952
|
Junior Fellow in Geology at University of Harvard
|
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
|
Thomas K. Finletter
|
Col Theodore Walkowicz(1950–1954)
|
1
|
|
Dr. Louis N. Ridenour reported to MGen Gordon P. Saville DCS/D
|
1950–1951
|
California Institute of Technology, Physics, 1936
|
Col Peter Shenk (1950)
|
None
|
|
Gen James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (Special Assistant for Scientific Matters)
|
1951
|
MIT Sc.D. in Aeronautics, June 1925
|
None
|
|
Dr. Ivan Alexander Getting (Special Assistant for Evaluation)
|
1950
|
University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar), Astrophysics, 1935
|
William S. Symington
|