NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY

Directors of the National Security Agency (NSA)

From Polmar and Allen, Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage (New York: Random House, 1997), p. 405.

Nov. 1952-Nov. 1956 Lt. Gen. Ralph J. Canine, USA

Nov. 1956-Nov. 1960 Lt. Gen. John A. Samford, USAF

Nov. 1960-Jun. 1962 Vice Adm. Laurence H. Frost, USN

Jul. 1962-May 1965 Lt. Gen. Gordon A. Blake, USAF

Jun. 1965-Jul. 1969 Lt. Gen. Marshall S. Carter, USA

Aug. 1969-Jul. 1972 Vice Adm. Noel A. M. Gaylor, USN

Aug. 1972-Aug. 1973 Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, USAF

Aug. 1973-Jul. 1977 Lt. Gen. Lew Allen, Jr., USAF

Jul. 1977-Mar. 1981 Vice Adm. Bobby Ray Inman, USN

Apr. 1981-Apr. 1985 Lt. Gen. Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF

May 1985-Jul. 1988 Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, USA

Aug. 1988-Apr. 1992 Vice Adm. William O. Studeman, USN

May 1992-Jan. 1996 Vice Adm. John M. McConnell, USN

Feb. 1996-Mar. 1999 Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF

Mar. 1999- Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden, USAF

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