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U.S. General Services Administration Administrators
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) was established on July 1, 1949, when President Harry Truman signed the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act into Law.
GSA is headed by an Administrator who is appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress. An Acting Administrator (*) is selected by an outgoing Administrator to serve pending the selection and approval of a new Administrator.
Listed is the history of the past and present Administrators and Acting Administrators:
| James A. Williams* |
08/30/08 - |
| David Bibb* |
05/01/08 - 8/29/08 |
| Lurita A. Doan |
05/31/06 -04/30/08 |
| David Bibb* |
11/01/05 - 05/30/06 |
| Stephen A. Perry |
05/31/01 - 10/31/05 |
| Thurman Davis* |
12/16/00 - 05/30/01 |
| David J. Barram |
03/04/96 - 12/15/00 |
| Roger Johnson |
07/08/93 - 02/29/96 |
| Julia Stasch* |
06/13/93 - 07/07/93 |
| Dennis Fischer* |
02/04/93 - 06/13/93 |
| Robert Jones* |
01/20/93 - 02/03/93 |
| Richard Austin |
09/27/88 - 01/19/93 |
| John Alderson* |
04/01/88 - 09/26/88 |
| Paul Trause* |
03/19/88 - 03/31/88 |
| Terence Golden |
06/29/85 - 03/18/88 |
| Dwight Ink* |
03/04/85 - 06/28/85 |
| Ray Kline* |
03/01/84 - 03/03/85 |
| Gerald Carmen |
05/26/81 - 02/29/84 |
| Ray Kline* |
01/15/81 - 05/25/81 |
| Rowland G. Freeman III |
07/02/79 - 01/14/81 |
| Paul Goulding* |
04/01/79 - 06/29/79 |
| Jay Solomon |
04/30/77 - 03/31/79 |
| Robert Griffin* |
02/15/77 - 04/29/77 |
| Jack Eckerd |
11/21/75 - 02/11/77 |
| Arthur F. Sampson |
06/02/72 - 10/15/75 |
| Rod Kreger* |
01/17/72 - 06/01/72 |
| Robert Kunzig |
03/17/69 - 01/14/72 |
| Lawson Knott, Jr. |
12/01/65 - 02/28/69 |
| Bernard Boutin |
11/27/61 - 11/30/64 |
| John Moore |
02/07/61 - 11/25/61 |
| Franklin Floete |
05/03/56 - 01/20/61 |
| Edmund Mansure |
05/02/53 - 02/29/56 |
| Russell Forbe* |
02/10/53 - 05/01/53 |
| Jess Larson |
07/03/49 - 01/29/53 |
Last Reviewed 8/29/2008