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The United States Army Medical Service Corps

Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs of the Medical Service Corps

1947-1994

Chiefs

Col. Othmar F Goriup

September 1947-August 1951

Col. Robert L. Black

September 1951-March 1955

Col. Bernard Aabel

April 1955-June 1959

Col. Roy D. Maxwell

July 1959-February 1963

Brig. Gen. William A. Hamrick* 

March 1963-July 1969

Brig. Gen. Manley G. Morrison

August 1969-August 1973

Brig. Gen. John E. Haggerty

August 1973-September 1977

Brig. Gen. James J. Young     

October 1977-September 1981

Brig. Gen. France F. Jordan     

October 1981-February 1984

Brig. Gen. Walter F. Johnson III**      

March 1984-October 1988

Brig. Gen. Bruce T. Miketinac 

November 1988-July 1992

Brig. Gen. Jerome V. Foust     

September 1992-October 1996

Brig. Gen. Mack C. Hill           

November 1996-

*Promoted to brigadier general 10 November 1966

**Promoted to brigadier general 25 October 1985

Assistant Chiefs

Pharmacy, Supply, and Administration Section

Lt. Col. John J. Painter

March 1949-September 1951

Lt. Col. Henry D. Roth

September 1951-July 1955

Harlan W. Layer          

July 1955-October 1955

Col. James H. MacKin

November 1955-August 1956

Col. Clarence V. Frey 

August 1956-June 1959

Col. Dale E. Thompson

June 1959-June 1963

Col. Clarence V. Frey 

June 1963-September 1966

Col. Frank E. Stillman, Jr.        

September 1966-April 1970

Col. Andrew T. Colyer

May 1970-February 1972

Col. Leonard A. Crosby, Jr.   

March 1972-March 1973

Col. Raymond E. Adams         

April 1973-March 1975

Col. James J. Young

March 1975-September 1977

Col. Eugene Lail   

January 1978-June 1979

Col. Fred L. Walter     

January 1980-June 1983

Col. Douglas J. Silvernale        

July 1983-October 1985

Col. Douglas E. Moore

November 1985-November 1988

Col. Ronald G. Newman         

October 1989-January 1991

Col. Henry T. Waters

February 1991-July 1992

Col. Charles G. Stevens

September 1993-August 1995

Col. Merle J. Snyder

September 1995-

Medical Allied Sciences Section

Lt. Col. Ludwig R. Kuhn         

May 1948-March 1949

Col. Charles S. Gersoni           

March 1949-August 1951

Col. Monroe E. Freeman         

September 1951-May 1956

Col. Roy Maxwell       

May 1956-July 1959

Col. Harvey W. Coddington    

August 1959-May 1964

Col. Tomas C. Jefferis 

December 1964-April 1967

Col. George W. Johnston        

May 1967-April 1968

Col. Ralph W. Morgan

May 1968-May 1971

Col. Donald H. Hunter 

June 1971-June 1973

Col. Charles A. Thomas          

July 1973-June 1974

Col. Robert M. Angel  

July 1974-September 1977

Col. Dan C. Cavanaugh           

January 1978-December 1980

Col. Edward L. Maillet

January 1981-April 1983

Col. James E. Spiker, Jr.

May 1983-August 1990

Col. Robert O. Pick

September 1990-March 1992

Col. George C. Southworth     

April 1992-December 1994

Col. John C. O`Brien, Jr.

February 1995-

Sanitary Engineering Section

Col. Raymond J. Karpen

March 1949-April 1951

Col. Stanley J. Weidenkopf

May 1952-March 1955

Lt. Col. Floyd L. Berry

March 1955-September 1958

Lt. Col. Robert G. McCall

September 1958-June 1962

Col. Converse R. Lewis, Jr.

July 1962-October 1966

Col. John Redmond, Jr.

November 1966-June 1970

Col. Bernard L. Goldstein

July 1970-June 1973

Col. Hunter G. Taft, Jr.

July 1973-March 1975

Col. James E. Anderson

March 1975-July 1977

Col. Alfred D. Kneessy

August 1977-August 1981

Col. J. Earl Herndon, Jr.

February 1982-May 1987

Col. Kenneth W. Vorpahl

June 1987-July 1991

Col. Robert J. Fitz

February 1992-January 1995

Col. Steven J. Stone

February 1995-

Optometry Section

Col. John Sheridan

September 1951-January 1960

Col. Billy Greene

January 1960-May 1970

Col. Herbert J. Thompson

May 1970-June 1971

Col. Henry E. Maes

June 1971-January 1974

Lt. Col. Gene Bourland

April 1974-July 1975

Col. Arthur R. Giroux

August 1975-April 1983

Col. John T. Leddy

May 1983-July 1989

Col. John F. Pyle          

October 1989-February 1993

Col. Jerry D. Davis

March 1993-