Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization

Model family fallout shelter at an Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization fair exhibit, 1960

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 and the Federal Civil Defense Administration.[1][2][3] The civil defense functions of the office were transferred to the Department of Defense's Office of Civil Defense from August 1, 1961. With its remaining functions, the office was re-designated as the Office of Emergency Planning from September 22, 1961.[4] It eventually was renamed the Office of Emergency Preparedness from October 21, 1968, and abolished on July 1, 1973.

Directors

Name	Start	End	President
Leo Hoegh	July 1, 1958	January 20, 1961		Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
John Patterson Acting	January 20, 1961	January 27, 1961		John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
Lewis Berry Acting	January 27, 1961	March 9, 1961
Frank Ellis	March 9, 1961	February 2, 1962
Edward McDermott	February 2, 1962 Acting: February 2, 1962 – April 12, 1962	March 4, 1965
				Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
Buford Ellington	March 4, 1965	March 23, 1966
Farris Bryant	March 23, 1966	October 9, 1967
Price Daniel	October 9, 1967	January 20, 1969
George Lincoln	January 29, 1969	January 20, 1973		Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
Darrell Trent Acting	January 20, 1973	July 1, 1973

See also

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• United States civil defense

References

1. "Records of the Office of Emergency Preparedness | National Archives". The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
2. "Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 Amendment of 1958 ~ P.L. 85-763" (PDF). 72 Stat. 861 ~ Senate Bill 4059. U.S. Government Printing Office. August 26, 1958.
3. Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Letter to Leo A. Hoegh, Administrator of Federal Civil Defense, on His Becoming Director, Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization.," June 24, 1958". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
4. The United States Government Manual. 1995. Mobilization, Office of Defense and Civilian Established by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1958