Table of Contents		Historic Listing of National Park Service Officials Superintendents of National Park System Areas A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z P       AREA / Name Period of Service PACIFIC AREA DIRECTOR, HAWAII 1 (Established 4/19/1970) Robert L. Barrel 3/22/1970 - 8/31/1980 G. Bryan Harry 1/11/1981 - 1 Supervised the administration of Pu'Uhonua O Honaunau NHP, Puukohala Heiau NHS, Hawaii Volcanoes NP, Haleakala NP, Kalaupapa NHP, U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, War in the Pacific NHP, American Memorial, American Samoa National Park, and Kaloko Honokehau NHP. PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, TEXAS (Authorized 9/28/1962; Established 4/06/1968) William L. Bowen, Supt. 7/01/1963 - 1/29/1966 Ernest J. Borgman, Supt. 2/13/1966 - 10/18/1969 Vacant 10/19/1969 - 5/02/1970 James L. McLaughlin, Supt. 5/03/1970 - 12/08/1973 John F. Turney, Supt. 12/09/1973 - 9/09/1978 Myrl G. Brooks, Supt. 12/03/1978 - 2/01/1980 William M. Lukens, Supt. 5/04/1980 - 9/12/1987 John D. Hunter, Supt. 2/28/1988 - 3/09/1991 Charles R. Farabee, Jr., Supt. 3/10/1991 PALO ALTO BATTLEFIELD NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, TEXAS 1 (Authorized 11/10/1978) Robert L. Arnberger, Supt. 4/01/1979 - 7/27/1980 1 Before and after Arnberger's stint as Supt., Palo Alto was administered by Padre Island NS, although the Supt., of Padre Island was not and is not considered to be Supt. of Palo Alto. No development, no land, no staff. PEA RIDGE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, ARKANSAS (Authorized 6/20/1956; Established 3/07/1960) John T. Willett, Supt. 7/10/1960 - 8/31/1963 Raymond L. Nelson, Supt. 9/08/1963 - 6/05/1965 William E. Dyer, Supt. 7/18/1965 - 8/12/1967 Lionel J. Bienvenu, Supt. 1 11/19/1967 - 8/01/1974 Kevin McKibben, Supt. 8/02/1974 - 11/20/1977 Betty T. Gentry, Supt. 11/21/1977 - 8/26/1988 Galen D. Warren, Act'g Supt. 8/27/1989 - 11/18/1989 Jimmie C. Gott, Supt. 11/19/1989 - 1 Adm. supervised by Supt., Hot Springs NP from 10/16/1970-6/15/1972. PECOS NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK, NEW MEXICO 1 (Authorized 6/28/1965; Established 8/13/1966; Name Change 6/27/1990) Thomas F. Giles, Supt. 2/13/1966 - 1/10/1978 Ernest W. Ortega, Supt. 6/04/1978 - 8/01/1980 John E. Bezy, Supt. 10/02/1980 - 9/26/1987 Ken R. Mabery, Act'g Supt. 9/27/1987 - 10/24/1987 Jo Ann M. Kyral, Act'g. Supt. 10/25/1987 - 12/19/1987 Francis M. Dean, Act'g Supt. 12/20/1988 - 2/13/1988 Linda Lee Stoll, Supt. 2/14/1988 - 1 Name changed from Pecos Natl. Monument by P.L. 101-313, 6/27/1990. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Established 9/30/1965) Administered by National Capital Parks-Central PERRY'S VICTORY & INTERNATIONAL PEACE MEMORIAL NATIONAL MONUMENT, OHIO (Authorized 6/02/1936; Established 7/06/1936) William Schnoor, Cust. 7/01/1936 - 10/31/1946 Joseph R. Prentice, Supt. 8/28/1947 - 7/28/1955 Aubrey F. Houston, Supt. 7/31/1955 - 10/31/1960 Robert L. Burns, Supt. 11/07/1960 - 8/26/1983 Peter L. Parry, Supt. 11/03/1963 - 11/06/1965 John R. Earnst, Supt. 4/24/1966 - 10/21/1967 Hugh D. Gurney, Act'g. Supt. 10/22/1967 - 6/15/1968 Hugh D. Gurney, Supt. 6/16/1968 - 3/07/1970 Rothwell P. Broyles, Act'g. Supt. 1 6/14/1970 - 10/12/1970 Elizabeth Disrude, Supt. 3/01/1972 - 10/25/1975 Alford J. Banta, Supt. 11/09/1975 - 6/13/1981 Harry C. Myers, Supt. 7/13/1981 - 8/13/1988 Raymond G. Gunn, Act'g Supt. 8/14/1988 - 12/03/1988 Richard A. Lusardi, Supt. 12/04/1988 - 1 Admin. by Gen. Supt., Ohio NPS Group from 12/03/1970 to 7/15/1975. PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, VIRGINIA 1 (Authorized 7/03/1926; Established 8/24/1962) UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT Capt. Carter R. Bishop, Commissioner (Confederate Veteran) 2/1928 - 8/1941 Capt. Henry N. Comey, Commissioner (Union Veteran) 1/1928 - 4/1932 Lt. Col. Henry Clay Jewett, Secretary 1928 - 10/1929 Lt. Col. James Blyth, Commissioner 10/1929 - 1/1930 Col. Tenny Ross, Commissioner 1/1930 - 6/10/1930 Maj. Arthur E. Wilbourn, Commissioner 6/10/1930 - 8/10/1933 Seward W. Jones, Commissioner 7/1932 - 6/1948 UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Capt. Carter R. Bishop, Commissioner 2/1928 - 8/1941 Seward W. Jones, Commissioner 7/1932 - 6/1948 Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, Commissioner 7/1935 - 6/1953 B. Floyd Flickinger, Act'g. Supt. 8/10/1933 - 7/1935 James Walter Coleman, Act'g Supt. 9/13/1935 - 6/30/1936 James Walter Coleman, Supt. 7/01/1936 - 3/15/1938 Oscar F. Northington, Jr., Supt. 3/16/1938 - 6/1946 George F. Emery, Supt. 2 7/01/1946 - 10/29/1952 Floyd B. Taylor, Supt. 1/11/1953 - 7/09/1956 Bernard T. Campbell, Supt. 7/15/1956 - 4/11/1959 Chester L. Brooks, Supt. 8/30/1959 - 9/06/1961 William L. Featherstone, Supt. 10/22/1961 - 8/06/1963 John T. Willett, Supt. 9/01/1963 - 1/02/1968 Martin R. Conway, Act'g. Supt. 1/03/1968 - 2/08/1969 Martin R. Conway, Supt. 2/09/1969 - 8/19/1972 Larry L. Hakel, Supt. 10/15/1972 - 7/06/1975 Wallace B. Elms, Supt. 8/17/1975 - 6/13/1981 Glenn O. Clark, Supt. 1/24/1982 - 6/07/1986 Frank J. Deckert, Supt. 6/08/1986 - 1 Established as a national military park 7/03/1926. Transferred from War Department 8/10/1933. Name changed to Petersburg NB 8/24/1962. 2 Administers Poplar Grove National Cemetery from 9/30/1949. PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA 1 (Authorized 3/28/1958; Established 12/09/1962) Chester B. Campbell, Cust. 1915 - Edgar Rogers, Act'g. Cust. 11/02/1925 - 5/04/1926 William C. Buehler, Act'g. Cust. 5/08/1926 - 1/08/1927 William C. Buehler, Cust. 1/09/1927 - 2/08/1928 Norman W. Macleod, Cust. 2/09/1928 - 7/15/1929 Charles J. Smith, Cust. 8/10/1929 - 6/14/1932 Charles J. Smith, Supt. 6/15/1932 - 4/30/1940 Thomas E. Whitcraft, Supt. 5/01/1940 - 10/27/1943 Stanley R. Dinsmore, Act. Supt. 10/29/1943 - 3/31/1944 William E. Branch, Act'g. Supt. 4/01/1944 - 2/28/1946 Thomas E. Whitcaft, Supt. 3/01/1946 - 9/01/1950 William E. Branch, Supt. 9/02/1950 - 12/31/1955 Fred C. Fagergren, Supt. 1/01/1956 - 11/10/1962 Charles E. Humberger, Supt. 11/11/1962 - 12/30/1965 Kittridge A. Wing, Supt. 1/16/1966 - 8/12/1967 Donald A. Dayton, Supt. 8/13/1967 - 12/12/1970 Charles A. Veitl, Supt. 1/24/1971 - 6/22/1974 David B. Ames, Supt. 9/01/1974 - 1/28/1979 Roger K. Rector, Supt. 6/17/1979 - 12/10/1983 L. Edward Gastellum, Supt. 4/29/1984 - 7/29/1989 Marion Clark, Act'g Supt. 7/30/1989 - 12/16/1989 Gary T. Cummins, Supt. 12/17/1989 - 1 Established as a national monument 12/08/1906. Monument abolished when park established 12/09/1962. PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEW MEXICO (Authorized 6/27/1990, P.L. 101-313) Dianne E. Souder, Project Manager 6/17/1990 - PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, MICHIGAN (Authorized 10/15/1966; Established 10/06/1972) Hugh P. Beattie, Supt. 1 10/08/1967 - 2/23/1969 Robert L. Burns, Supt. 12/09/1973 - 8/12/1978 Donald F. Gillespie, Supt. 8/13/1978 - 8/08/1981 Grant A. Petersen, Supt. 10/04/1981 - 1 Isle Royale NP and Pictured Rocks NL combined for administration with headquarters at Houghton, Michigan 2/23/1969 to 12/09/1973. PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA 1 (Established 1/16/1908) Herman Hermanson, Cust. 5/25/1923 - 9/14/1925 W. Irving Hawkins, Cust. 9/15/1925 - 6/30/1945 Frank R. Givens, Cust. 7/04/1945 - 3/01/1947 William H. Gibbs, Supt. 6/15/1947 - 3/03/1952 Ben C. Miller, Act'g. Supt. 3/28/1953 - 4/10/1953 Luther E. Jackson, Supt. 7/19/1953 - 7/15/1955 Russell L. Mahan, Supt. 7/16/1955 - 5/17/1958 Everett W. Bright, Supt. 6/22/1958 - 1/24/1964 DeLyle R. Stevens, Supt. 1/25/1964 - 3/31/1968 Gordon K. Patterson, Supt. 4/07/1968 - 10/05/1973 Ralph C. Webb, Act'g. Supt. 10/06/1973 - 1/05/1974 Rothwell P. Broyles, Supt. 1/06/1974 - 5/31/1986 Steven H. DeBenedetti, Act'g. Supt. 6/01/1986 - 6/21/1986 James Sleznick, Jr., Supt. 6/22/1986 - 1 Prior to 1923, the monument was not accessible by road or trail. In 1923, President Harding, by Proclamation, enlarged the area, providing access, and first custodian was appointed. PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA (Established 5/31/1923) John White, Caretaker 5/31/1923 - Fall 1925 Charles Leonard Heaton, Caretaker 2/08/1926 - 1932 Charles Leonard Heaton, Custodian 1932 - 12/14/1955 Charles Leonard Heaton, Act'g. Supt. 1 12/15/1955 - 9/14/1963 Hugh H. Bozarth, Mgmt. Asst. 10/14/1963 - 9/1967 James M. Harter, Acting Mgmt. Asst. 9/05/1967 - 4/05/1968 Raymond J. Geerdes, Supervisory Park Historian 4/25/1968 - 8/1969 Raymond J. Geerdes, Mgmt. Asst. 8/1969 - 10/1969 Raymond J. Geerdes, Area Manager 11/1969 - 10/07/1970 James Schaack, Act'g. Supt. 10/08/1970 - 2/13/1971 Bernard G. Tracy, Superintendent 2/14/1971 - 4/07/1979 William M. Herr, Superintendent 4/08/1979 - 1/14/1989 John W. Hiscock, Act'g. Supt. 1/15/1989 - 5/06/1989 Gary M. Hasty, Superintendent 5/07/1989 - 11/10/1993 Mary Davis, Act'g. Supt. 11/11/1993 - 6/11/1994 John W. Hiscock, Superintendent 6/12/1994 - 1 Administered by Supt., Zion NP, from 10/15/1963 to 4/06/1969, by Gen. Supt., Southern Utah Group, from 4/06/1969 to 7/08/1972, and by Supt., Zion NP from 7/09/1972. PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT, MINNESOTA (Established 8/25/1937) J.W. Balmer, Cust. 1/01/1939 - 1/01/1940 Albert F. Drysdale, Seasonal Cust. 1/02/1940 - 12/10/1947 Lyle K. Linch, Cust. 3/01/1948 - 12/04/1948 Lyle K. Linch, Supt. 12/05/1948 - 7/17/1954 Harvey B. Reynolds, Supt. 7/18/1954 - 9/29/1956 Paul L. Webb, Supt. 9/30/1956 - 4/30/1960 W. Dean McClanahan, Supt. 6/01/1960 - 12/08/1952 Carl R. Stoddard, Supt. 12/16/1962 - 7/18/1965 Ralph K. Shaver, Supt. 8/01/1965 - 4/20/1968 Cecil D. Lewis, Jr., Supt. 4/21/1968 - 6/13/1970 Clarence N. Gorman, Supt. 6/14/1970 - 8/21/1971 Don R. Thompson, Supt. 9/05/1971 - 1/05/1974 David Lane, Supt. 3/31/1974 - 9/04/1982 Vincent J. Halvorson, Supt. 11/28/1982 - PISCATAWAY PARK, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Established 10/04/1961) Administered by National Capital Parks-East PLATT NATIONAL PARK, OKLAHOMA 1 (Established 6/29/1906) Joseph F. Swords, Supt. 8/01/1904 - 4/30/1907 Albert R. Green, Supt. 5/01/1907 - 10/21/1909 William J. French, Supt. 10/22/1909 - 10/23/1913 A.E. Key, Act'g. Supt. 10/24/1913 - 2/12/1914 R.A. Sneed, Supt. 2/13/1914 - 6/30/1919 Miss Una Roberts, Act'g. Supt. 7/01/1919 - 7/14/1919 Thomas Ferris, Supt. 7/15/1919 - 3/23/1923 Robert G. Morris, Supt. 3/25/1923 - 5/14/1925 Forest L. Carter, Supt. 5/15/1925 - 11/30/1925 William E. Branch, Supt. 12/01/1925 - 9/30/1926 King Crippen, Supt. 10/01/1926 - 12/31/1929 William E. Branch, Supt. 1/01/1930 - 3/31/1944 Thomas C. Miller, Supt. 4/01/1944 - 3/31/1951 Perry E. Brown, Supt. 4/01/1951 - 6/30/1954 William R. Supernaugh, Supt. 8/01/1954 - 12/31/1955 William E. Branch, Supt. 1/01/1956 - 11/30/1960 Johnwill Faris, Supt. 1/29/1961 - 6/14/1963 Paul M. Steel, Supt. 8/18/1963 - 4/02/1964 Donald M. Spalding, Supt. 2 6/15/1964 - 4/22/1967 Jack E. Stark, Supt. 5/21/1967 - 12/31/1970 John C. Higgins, Supt. 3 1/10/1971 - 3/16/1976 1 Sulphur Springs Reservation established 7/01/1902. Name changed to Platt NP 6/29/1906. 2 Administered Arbuckle NRA from 2/01/1965. 3 Arbuckle NRA & Platt NP combined and renamed Chickasaw NRA on 3/17/1976. POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, CALIFORNIA (Authorized 9/13/1962; Established 10/20/1972) James E. Cole, Project Manager 9/16/1962 - 6/30/1963 Fred W. Binnewies, Supt. 7/07/1963 - 5/08/1965 Leslie P. Arnberger, Supt. 6/27/1965 - 1/28/1967 Edward J. Kurtz, Supt. 1 1/29/1967 - 3/21/1970 John L. Sansing, Supt. 2 4/05/1970 - 1 Supervised administration of Muir Woods NM and John Muir NHS from 7/01/1968 to 10/27/1972, as units of the San Francisco Bay Area Group which includes Point Reyes. 2 Effective 10/28/1972, Point Reyes was placed under the administration of the Bay Area General Manager, and the Superintendent of Point Reyes was designated as the north area superintendent. Muir Woods NM/John Muir NHS were, from this point, supervised by the south area superintendent (superintendent of Golden Gate NRA). On 10/1/1977, Point Reyes National Seashore was removed from its organizational alignment with the Bay Area National Parks, and reported directly to the Western Regional Office. POPLAR GROVE NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA 1 (Probable establishment date 1866; Designated 7/03/1926) William H. Green, Act'g. Supt. 8/10/1933 - 8/31/1933 Benjamin F. Moore, Supt. 2 9/01/1933 - 9/30/1949 1 Transferred from War Department 8/10/1933. 2 Administered by Supt., Petersburg NMP, renamed Petersburg NB, from 9/30/1949. Administration supervised by Virginia State Office from 12/12/1971. POVERTY POINT NATIONAL MONUMENT, LOUISIANA 1 (Authorized 10/31/1988) 1 Authorized by Public Law 100-560, 102 Stat. 2803, October 31, 1988. Not established as yet, administered through the Southwest Regional Office. PRINCE WILLIAM FOREST PARK, VIRGINIA 1 (Established 6/22/1948) Ira B. Lykes, Supt. 9/1940 - 8/14/1951 Theodore Smith, Supt. 10/29/1951 - 9/06/1958 L. Theodore Davenport, Supt. 10/19/1958 - 10/11/1964 Floyd B. Taylor, Supt. 2 5/09/1965 - 5/22/1965 Albert A. Hawkins, Supt. 7/18/1965 - 3/06/1971 Ronald N. Wrye, Supt. 4/11/1971 - 3/17/1974 Robert L. Harney, Supt. 7/21/1974 - 3/28/1987 Jim R. Fugate, Act'g Supt. 3/29/1987 - 8/29/1987 Philip R. Brueck, Supt. 8/30/1987 - 1 Chopawamsic RDA transferred from Resettlement Administration 11/14/1936. Changed to Prince William Forest Park 6/22/1948. 2 Administered as part of the George Washington Parkway complex from 5/23/1965 to 7/01/1968. PU'UOHONUA O HONAUNAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, HAWAII 1 (Authorized 7/26/1955; Established 7/01/1961) Russell A. Apple, Supt. 2 2/19/1961 - 11/05/1967 Cloyd A. Kump, Management Asst. 3/10/1968 - 3/21/1970 David B. Ames, Supt. 4/05/1970 - 3/18/1972 Jerry Y. Shimoda, Supt. 3 6/25/1972 - 1 Authorized as City of Refuge National Historic Park on 7/26/1955, name changed to Pu'uohonua O Honaunau NHP 11/10/1978. 2 Administered by Supt., Hawaii Volcanoes NP prior to 1961 and from 3/10/1968 to 6/30/1970; and administration supervised by Gen. Supt., Hawaii Group from 7/01/1970. 3 Administers Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site since 8/17/22. 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