Editing National Weather Service (section)

==Directors==
The following is a list of the organization leaders of the National Weather Service and its predecessors, United States Weather Bureau and the Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce, since 1870. Those leaders are called directors for the Weather Service while those same persons were called chiefs for the Weather Bureau.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/timeline |title=History of the National Weather Service |publisher=NWS}}</ref>

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|colspan="6" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="#cfcfcf"|Established as the '''Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce''' in 1870 and headed by the [[U.S. Army Chief Signal Officer]]
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|[[File:Albert J. Myer - Brady-Handy.jpg|70px]]
|[[Albert J. Myer]]{{efn|group=tb1|name=army}}
|February 9, 1870
|August 24, 1880{{efn|group=tb1|name=died}}
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|2
|[[File:William Babcock Hazen - Brady-Handy.jpg|70px]]
|[[William Babcock Hazen]]{{efn|group=tb1|name=army}}
|August 25, 1880
|January 16, 1887{{efn|group=tb1|name=died}}
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|3
|[[File:General A.W. Greely, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform LCCN91786306.jpg|70px]]
|[[Adolphus Greely]]{{efn|group=tb1|name=army}}
|January 17, 1887
|June 30, 1891
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|colspan="6" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="#cfcfcf"|Renamed '''United States Weather Bureau''' in 1891, transferred to the [[USDA]] and headed by the chief of the Weather Bureau
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|4
|[[File:Mark Walrod Harrington.jpg|70px]]
|[[Mark Walrod Harrington]]
|July 1, 1891
|July 1895
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1891/07/01/archives/the-new-weather-bureau-prof-mark-w-harrington-to-take-charge-today.html |title=THE NEW WEATHER BUREAU.; PROF. MARK W. HARRINGTON TO TAKE CHARGE TODAY. |date=July 1, 1891 |page=2 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=RLRP18950711.2.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |title=Harrington is out |newspaper=Rensselaer Republican |volume=27 |number=45 |date=July 11, 1895 |page=2 |via=[[Hoosier State Chronicles]]}}</ref>
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|5
|[[File:Willis L. Moore, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left LCCN95501039.jpg|70px]]
|[[Willis Luther Moore]]
|July 1895
|April 16, 1913
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1895/07/04/archives/moore-to-succeed-harrington-chicagos-weather-forecaster-said-to.html |title=MOORE TO SUCCEED HARRINGTON; Chicago's Weather Forecaster Said to Have Earned Promotion by the Remarkable Accuracy of His Predictions. |date=July 4, 1895 |page=5 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/04/17/archives/moore-dismissed-as-weather-chief-president-summarily-ousts-the.html |title=MOORE DISMISSED AS WEATHER CHIEF; President Summarily Ousts the Bureau Head Who Sought a Cabinet Place. |date=April 17, 1913 |page=1 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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|6
|[[File:Charles Frederick Marvin (1858-1943) portrait.jpg|70px]]
|[[Charles F. Marvin]]
|1913
|1934
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/07/30/archives/marvin-for-moores-place-wilson-names-latters-subordinate-for.html |title=MARVIN FOR MOORE'S PLACE; Wilson Names Latter's Subordinate for Weather Bureau Chief |date=July 30, 1913 |page=6 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/08/26/archives/dr-cf-marvin-retires-former-weather-bureau-head-ends-50-years.html |title=DR. C.F. MARVIN RETIRES.; Former Weather Bureau Head Ends 50 Years' Service |date=August 26, 1934 |page=2 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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|7
|[[File:Willis Ray Gregg, 1934.jpg|70px]]
|[[Willis Ray Gregg]]
|1934
|nowrap|September 14, 1938{{efn|group=tb1|name=died}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/01/12/archives/urged-as-weather-chief-willis-r-gregg-recommended-to-roosevelt-by.html |title=URGED AS WEATHER CHIEF.; Willis R. Gregg Recommended to Roosevelt by Science Board |date=January 12, 1934 |page=17 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/15/archives/willis-gregg-dies-meteorologist-58-weather-bureau-chief-since-1934.html |title=WILLIS GREGG DIES; METEOROLOGIST, 58; Weather Bureau Chief Since 1934 Important Factor in Helping Aviation AIDED TWO OCEAN FLIGHTS long Head of the Aerological Division Adviser in NC and Dirigible Hops Entered Bureau in 1904 Special Adviser to Navy On National Committee |date=September 15, 1938 |page=25 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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|8
|[[File:Francis W. Reichelderfer, 1940 (3x4 crop).jpg|70px]]
|[[Francis Reichelderfer]]
|nowrap|December 15, 1938
|1963
|<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/19/10/1520-0477-19_10_436.xml |title=Francis W. Reichelderfer Appointed Chief, U.S. Weather Bureau |date=December 1938 |volume=19 |issue=10 |pages=436–437 |journal=[[Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society]] |doi=10.1175/1520-0477-19.10.436|bibcode=1938BAMS...19..436. |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/12/15/archives/appointed-as-new-head-of-u-s-weather-bureau.html |title=Appointed as New Head Of U. S. Weather Bureau |date=December 15, 1938 |page=12 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/04/22/archives/no1-weatherman-will-retire-soon-reichelderfer-leaving-as-bureau.html |title=NO. 1 WEATHERMAN WILL RETIRE SOON; Reichelderfer Leaving as Bureau Enters New Era |first=John W. |last=Finney |date=April 22, 1963 |page=25 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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|9
|[[File:Bob White NOAA.jpg|70px]]
|[[Robert M. White (meteorologist)|Robert M. White]]
|October 1963
|July 13, 1965
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/07/30/archives/washington-proceedings-the-president-the-senate-the-house-scheduled.html |title=Washington Proceedings; THE PRESIDENT THE SENATE THE HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY |date=July 30, 1963 |page=R17 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/07/13/archives/scientist-heads-new-us-agency-johnson-names-dr-white-to-coordinate.html |title=SCIENTIST HEADS NEW U.S. AGENCY; Johnson Names Dr. White to Coordinate Weather Study |date=July 13, 1965 |page=16 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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|10
|[[File:George Cressman.jpg|70px]]
|[[George Cressman]]
|September 1, 1965
|1979
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/09/09/archives/weather-and-geodetic-posts-filled.html |title=Weather and Geodetic Posts Filled |date=September 9, 1965 |page=81 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nwafiles.nwas.org/digest/papers/1979/Vol04No2/1979v004no02-Ernst.pdf |title=An interview with Dr. George Cressman |volume=4 |number=2 |date=May 1979 |work=National Weather Digest |publisher=NWS}}</ref>
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|colspan="6" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="#cfcfcf"|Renamed '''National Weather Service''' in 1970, transferred to [[NOAA]], and headed by the director of the National Weather Service.
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|11
|[[File:Richard E. Hallgren (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Richard E. Hallgren]]
|February 12, 1979
|1988
|<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/downloadpdf/view/journals/bams/60/1/1520-0477-60_1_46.pdf |title=New director of the NWS |volume=60 |number=1 |date=January 1979 |page=46 |journal=[[Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society]]|doi=10.1175/1520-0477-60.1.46 |bibcode=1979BAMS...60...46. }}</ref>
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|12
|[[File:Elbert W. Friday NWS portrait.jpg|70px]]
|Elbert W. “Joe” Friday, Jr.
|March 1988
|June 27, 1997
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/1997/06/fridays-weather-stormy/3326/ |title=Friday's Weather: Stormy |date=June 27, 1997 |magazine=Government Executive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://voices.nmfs.noaa.gov/elbert-w-joe-friday-0 |title=Elbert W. "Joe" Friday |publisher=NOAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/26/us/budget-turmoil-upends-weather-service-director.html |title=Budget Turmoil Upends Weather Service Director |date=June 26, 1997 |page=A24 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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|Robert S. Winokur
|June 28, 1997
|February 25, 1998
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|13
|[[File:John J. Kelly NWS portrait.jpg|70px]]
|John J. “Jack” Kelly, Jr.
|February 26, 1998
|January 8, 2004
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/2/20/19365084/retired-a-f-general-to-head-national-weather-service/ |title=Retired A.F. general to head National Weather Service |date=February 20, 1998 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref>
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|14
|[[File:David L. Johnson NWS portrait.jpg|70px]]
|David L. Johnson
|January 9, 2004
|June 30, 2007
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2004/jan04/noaa04-003.html |title=DAVID JOHNSON SWORN IN AS NEW DIRECTOR OF NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE |date=January 9, 2004 |publisher=NOAA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227091006/https://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2004/jan04/noaa04-003.html |archive-date=2013-02-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/top-weather-service-officials-resign/ |title=Top weather service officials resign |date=May 19, 2007 |first=Martin |last=Merzer |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref>
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|[[File:Mary Glackin NOAA official portrait.png|70px]]
|[[Mary Glackin]]
|July 1, 2007
|September 1, 2007
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/Aware/07summer-aware.pdf |title=Top Leadership Changes at NWS |first=Donna |last=Ayres |work=Aware |volume=3 |date=July 2007 |page=1 |publisher=NWS}}</ref>
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|15
|[[File:Jack Hayes NWS official portrait.jpg|70px]]
|John L. "Jack" Hayes
|September 2, 2007
|May 25, 2012
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/weather-service-director-retires-after-critical-probe-of-agency/ |title=Weather Service director retires after critical probe of agency |date=May 28, 2012 |first=Robert |last=Barnes |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref>
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|[[File:Chief Administrative Officer at the U.S. Census Bureau Laura K. Furgione.webp|70px]]
|Laura Furgione
|May 26, 2012
|February 9, 2013
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/28/us/noaa-contracts/index.html |title=Weather Service improperly shifted government funds |first=Tom |last=Cohen |date=May 28, 2012 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
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|16
|[[File:Louis W. Uccellini official photo.jpg|70px]]
|[[Louis Uccellini]]
|February 10, 2013
|January 1, 2022
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noaa.gov/louis-w-uccellini-selected-next-director-noaa%E2%80%99s-national-weather-service-0 |title=Louis W. Uccellini selected as next director of NOAA's National Weather Service |date=February 7, 2013 |publisher=NOAA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/louis-w-uccellini-director-of-us-national-weather-service-to-retire |title=Louis W. Uccellini, director of the U.S. National Weather Service, to retire |date=September 7, 2021 |publisher=NWS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/organization/uccellini_louis |title=Dr. Louis W. Uccellini |publisher=NWS}}</ref>
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|[[File:Deputy Director of the National Weather Service Mary C. Erickson.jpg|70px]]
|Mary C. Erickson
|January 2, 2022
|June 6, 2022
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/kenneth-graham-selected-as-next-director-of-noaas-national-weather-service |title=Kenneth Graham selected as next director of NOAA's National Weather Service |date=June 7, 2022 |publisher=NOAA}}</ref>
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|17
|[[File:Ken Graham official portrait.jpg|70px]]
|[[Ken Graham]]
|June 7, 2022
|present
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.ucar.edu/132847/kenneth-graham-named-17th-director-national-weather-service |title=Kenneth Graham Named 17th Director of the National Weather Service |date=June 7, 2022 |publisher=[[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/organization/graham-kenneth |title=Ken Graham |publisher=NWS}}</ref>
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{{efn|group=tb1|name=died|Died in office}}
{{efn|group=tb1|name=army|U.S. Army officer, head of the [[United States Army Signal Corps|Army Signal Corp]]}}
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