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 The Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM) was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to plan, coordinate, direct and control all wartime mobilization activities of the federal government, including manpower, economi ...
and the
Federal Civil Defense Administration. The
civil defense functions of the office were transferred to the
Department of Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to:
Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
* Department of Defence (Ireland)
* Department of National Defense (Philipp ...
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Office of Civil Defense
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1961–64. It replaced the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The organization was renamed the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency on May 5, 197 ...
from August 1, 1961. With its remaining functions, the office was re-designated as the Office of Emergency Planning from September 22, 1961.
It eventually was renamed the Office of Emergency Preparedness from October 21, 1968, and abolished on July 1, 1973.
Directors
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Leo Hoegh
Leo Arthur Hoegh (;Obituary New York Times, 2000-07-24, accessed June 15, 2008. March 30, 1908 – July 15, 2000) was a decorated U.S. Army officer, lawyer, and politician who served as the 33rd governor of Iowa from 1955 to 1957.
His record of ...
, July 1, 1958 – January 20, 1961
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John S. Patterson, January 20, 1961 – January 27, 1961
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Lewis Berry, January 27, 1961 – March 9, 1961
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Frank Ellis, March 9, 1961 – February 2, 1962 (Emergency Planning from September 22, 1961)
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Edward McDermott, February 2, 1962 – March 4, 1965
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Buford Ellington
Earl Buford Ellington (June 27, 1907 – April 3, 1972) was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Tennessee from 1959 to 1963, and again from 1967 to 1971. Along with his political ally, Frank G. Clement, he helped lead a ...
, March 4, 1965 – March 23, 1966
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Farris Bryant, March 23, 1966 – October 9, 1967
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Price Daniel
Marion Price Daniel Sr. (October 10, 1910August 25, 1988), was an American jurist and politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator and the 38th governor of Texas. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a member of the Na ...
, October 9, 1967 – January 20, 1969 (Emergency Preparedness from October 21, 1968)
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George Lincoln
George may refer to:
People
* George (given name)
* George (surname)
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Washington, First President of the United States
* George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...
, January 29, 1969 – January 20, 1973
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Darrell Trent, January 20, 1973 – July 1, 1973
See also
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Ex ...
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United States civil defense
United States civil defense refers to the use of civil defense in the history of the United States, which is the organized non-military effort to prepare Americans for military attack and similarly disastrous events. Late in the 20th century, th ...
References
Executive Office of the President of the United States
Defunct agencies of the United States government
Government agencies established in 1958
1958 establishments in the United States
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