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.

List of Directors of the Bureau of Engraving and Printinghttp://www.moneyfactory.gov/bepdirectors.html Directors from BEP website

NameAssumed OfficeLeft OfficePresident Appointed By
Spencer M. Clark18621868Abraham Lincoln
George B. McCartee18691876Ulysses S. Grant
Henry C. Jewell18761877Ulysses S. Grant
Edward McPherson18771878Rutherford B. Hayes
O. H. Irish18781883Rutherford B. Hayes
Truman N. Burrill18831885Chester A. Arthur
Edward O. Graves18851889Grover Cleveland
William Morton Meredith18891893Benjamin Harrison
Claude M. Johnson18931900Grover Cleveland
William Morton Meredith19001906William McKinley
Thomas J. Sullivan19061908Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph E. Ralph19081917Theodore Roosevelt
James L. Wilmeth19171922Woodrow Wilson
Louis A. Hill19221924Warren G. Harding
Wallace W. Kirby19241924Calvin Coolidge
Alvin W. Hall19241954Calvin Coolidge
Henry J. Holtzclaw19541967Dwight D. Eisenhower
James A. Conlon19671977Lyndon B. Johnson
Seymour Berry19771979Jimmy Carter
Harry R. Clements19791982Jimmy Carter
Robert J. Leuver19831988Ronald Reagan
Peter H. Daly19881995Ronald Reagan
Larry E. Rolufs19951997Bill Clinton
Thomas A. Ferguson19982006Bill Clinton
Larry R. Felix20062015George W. Bush
Leonard R. Olijar2015PresentBarack Obama