Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the United States Department of the Treasury. The current Director is Leonard R. Olijar.
The position has existed since 1862, when the United States Congress authorized the Treasury Department to begin printing paper money. Until the 1890s, the office was commonly known as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The Director operates with general directions provided by the United States Secretary of the Treasury.Name | Assumed Office | Left Office | President Appointed By |
Spencer M. Clark | 1862 | 1868 | Abraham Lincoln |
George B. McCartee | 1869 | 1876 | Ulysses S. Grant |
Henry C. Jewell | 1876 | 1877 | Ulysses S. Grant |
Edward McPherson | 1877 | 1878 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
O. H. Irish | 1878 | 1883 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Truman N. Burrill | 1883 | 1885 | Chester A. Arthur |
Edward O. Graves | 1885 | 1889 | Grover Cleveland |
William Morton Meredith | 1889 | 1893 | Benjamin Harrison |
Claude M. Johnson | 1893 | 1900 | Grover Cleveland |
William Morton Meredith | 1900 | 1906 | William McKinley |
Thomas J. Sullivan | 1906 | 1908 | Theodore Roosevelt |
Joseph E. Ralph | 1908 | 1917 | Theodore Roosevelt |
James L. Wilmeth | 1917 | 1922 | Woodrow Wilson |
Louis A. Hill | 1922 | 1924 | Warren G. Harding |
Wallace W. Kirby | 1924 | 1924 | Calvin Coolidge |
Alvin W. Hall | 1924 | 1954 | Calvin Coolidge |
Henry J. Holtzclaw | 1954 | 1967 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
James A. Conlon | 1967 | 1977 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Seymour Berry | 1977 | 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
Harry R. Clements | 1979 | 1982 | Jimmy Carter |
Robert J. Leuver | 1983 | 1988 | Ronald Reagan |
Peter H. Daly | 1988 | 1995 | Ronald Reagan |
Larry E. Rolufs | 1995 | 1997 | Bill Clinton |
Thomas A. Ferguson | 1998 | 2006 | Bill Clinton |
Larry R. Felix | 2006 | 2015 | George W. Bush |
Leonard R. Olijar | 2015 | Present | Barack Obama |