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Former Directors

Directors of Armed Forces Security Agency (NSA's predecessor)

Beginning Date	Name
15 July 1949	RADM Earl E. Stone, USN
15 July 1951	MG Ralph J. Canine, USA

Directors of The National Security Agency

Beginning Date	Name
November 1952	MG Ralph J. Canine, USA
November 1956	Lt Gen John A. Samford, USAF
November 1960	VADM Laurence H. Frost, USN
January 1962	Lt Gen Gordon A. Blake, USAF
June 1965	LTG Marshall S. Carter, USA
August 1969	VADM Noel Gayler, USN
August 1972	Lt Gen Samuel C. Phillips, USAF
August 1973	Lt Gen Lew Allen, Jr., USAF
July 1977	VADM Bobby Ray Inman, USN
April 1981	Lt Gen Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF
May 1985	LTG William E. Odom, USA
August 1988	VADM William O. Studeman, USN
May 1992	VADM J. Michael McConnell, USN
February 1996	Lt Gen Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF
March 1999	Lt Gen Michael V. Hayden, USAF

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Date Posted: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Modified: Jan 15, 2009 | Last Reviewed: Jan 15, 2009

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