Past Directors
The following is a list of the individuals who have served as Directors of the USGS since its formation in 1879.
David Applegate, Ph.D.
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2022–2025
Jim Reilly
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2018-2021
Suzette Kimball
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2015 - 2017
Marcia K. McNutt
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2009-2013
Mark Myers
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
2006-2009
Charles G. Groat
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1998-2005
Gordon P. Eaton
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1994-1997
Dallas Lynn Peck
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1981-1993
Henry William Menard
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1978-1981
Vincent Ellis McKelvey
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1971-1978
William Thomas Pecora
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1965-1971
Thomas Brennan Nolan
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1956-1965
William Embry Wrather
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1943-1956
Walter Curran Mendenhall
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1930-1943
George Otis Smith
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1907-1930
Charles Doolittle Walcott
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1894-1907
John Wesley Powell
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1881-1894
Clarence King
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
1879-1881