Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College

The Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College is the highest ranking official at the United States Army's Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, installation. The position is similar to the West Point Superintendent and is roughly equivalent to the chancellor or president of an American civilian university. Since 1976, the commandant has been a Lieutenant General (three stars) and is also in charge of the United States Army Combined Arms Center which includes other training organizations at Fort Leavenworth.

The General Staff College, which is a graduate school, trains a high number of United States Army field officers, many of whom go on to become general officers, including all of the five-star generals since World War II. The college is part of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.

Commandants

The college has the following list of commandants. There were also breaks during the Spanish-American War and World War I.^[1][2]

• COL Elwell Otis November 1881 - June 1885 (School of Application for Calvary and Infantry)
• COL Thomas Howard Ruger June 1885 - May 1886
• COL Alexander McDowell McCook May 1886 - August 1890 (renamed United States Infantry and Cavalry School)
• COL Edwin F. Townsend August 1890 - October 1894
• COL Hamilton Smith Hawkins October 1894 - April 1898 (closed during Spanish-American War)
• COL Charles W. MinerSeptember 1902 - June 1903 (renamed General Service and Staff College)
• BG John Franklin Bell July 1903 - June 1906 (renamed United States Infantry and Cavalry School)
• BG Charles Badger Hall August 1906 - April 1908 (renamed Army School of the Line)
• MAJ John Frank Morrison (Acting) April 1908 - August 1908
• BG Frederick Funston August 1908 - January 1911
• BG Ramsay D. Potts January 1911 - February 1913
• LTC William Power Burnham (Acting) February 1913 - August 1914
• BG Henry A. Greene September 1914 - August 1916
• BG Eben Swift August 1916 - November 1916 (officer training closed during World War I although other training took place)
• LTC James W. McAndrew November 1916 - June 1917
• LTC Charles H. Miller June 1917 - July 1917
• COL William A. Shunk July 1917 - July 1919
• MG Charles H. Muir July 1919 - August 1920
• COL Lucius Roy Holbrook August 1920 - September 1920
• BG Hugh Aloysius Drum September 1920 - July 1921
• BG Hanson Edward Ely August 1921 - June 1923
• BG Harry A. Smith July 1923 - June 1925
• BG Edward Leonard King July 1925 - July 1929 (renamed Command and General Staff School)
• MG Stuart Heintzelman July 1929 - February 1935
• MG Herbert J. Brees February 1935 - June 1936
• BG Charles Michael Bundel June 1936 - March 1939
• BG Leslie James McNair April 1939 - October 1940
• BG Edmund L. Gruber October 1940 - May 1941
• BG Horace H. Fuller June 1941 - November 1941
• COL Converse R. Lewis (Acting) November 1941 - March 1942
• MG Karl Truesdell March 1942 - November 1945
• LTG Leonard T. Gerow November 1945 - January 1948 (renamed Command and General Staff College)^[3]
• LTG Manton S. Eddy January 1948 - July 1950
• BG Harlan N. Hartness (Acting) July 1950 - October 1950
• MG Horace L. McBride October 1950 - March 1952
• MG Henry I. Hodes March 1952 - March 1954
• BG Charles E. Beauchamp(Acting) March 1954 - July 1954
• MG Garrison Holt Davidson July 1954 - July 1956
• MG Lionel C. McGarr July 1956 - August 1960
• MG Harold K. Johnson August 1960 - February 1963
• MG Harry Jacob Lemley, Jr. February 1963 - August 1966
• MG Michael S. Davison August 1966 - September 1968
• MG John Hancock Hay September 1968 - 1971 (3)
• MG John J. Hennessey 1971 - July/August 1973
• MG John H. Cushman 1 Jul 73 – February 1976
• MG Morris J. Brady (acting) February, 1976 - November 1976
• LTG John R. Thurman III November 1976 - 30 Sep 79
• LTG William Reed Richardson 9 Oct 79 - 23 Aug 81
• LTG Howard F. Stone 24 Aug 81 - 25 Jun 82
• LTG Jack W. "Neil" Merritt 26 Jun 82 - 6 Jun 83
• LTG Carl E. Vuono 24 Jun 83 - 9 Jun 85
• LTG Robert W. RisCassi 10 Jun 85 - 9 Jun 86
• LTG Gerald T. Bartlett 10 Jun 86 - 13 Jul 88
• LTG Leonard P. Wishart III 14 Jul 88 - 15 Aug 91
• LTG Wilson Allen Shoffner 16 Aug 91 – 27 Jul 93
• LTG John E. Miller (general) 27 Jul 93 – 19 Jul 95
• LTG Leonard D. Holder, Jr. 19 Jul 95 – 7 Aug 97
• LTG Montgomery C. Meigs 7 Aug 97 - 22 Oct 98
• LTG William M. Steele 23 Oct 98 – 25 Jul 01
• LTG James C. Riley 26 Jul 01 – 25 Jun 03
• LTG William Scott Wallace 13 Jul 03 – 19 Oct 2005
• LTG David H. Petraeus 20 Oct 05 – 2 Feb 2007
• LTG William B. Caldwell IV 11 Jun 07 - October 2009
• LTG Robert L. Caslen December 2009 (nominated in December 2009 but confirmed in March) - July 2011
• LTG (nominated) David G. Perkins (nominated in July 2011)

References

1. ^ Commandants of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College - army.mil - Retrieved October 13, 2009
2. ^ Elvid Hunt, History of Fort Leavenworth, 1827-1937, 2d ed. (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General Staff School Press, 1937)
3. ^ Fort Leavenworth History - army.mil - Retrieved October 13, 2009