Deputy Directors of The Armed Forces Security Agency (NSA's predecessor)
Beginning Date |
Name |
|---|---|
| November 1950 | Colonel S. P. Collins, USA * |
| Captain Joseph Wenger, USN * | |
| Colonel Roy H. Lynn, USAF * | |
| * From November 1950 to April 1951, there was a Deputy Director for each service. | |
| April 1951 | Colonel Travis Hetherington, USAF |
Vice Directors of The National Security Agency
Beginning Date |
Name |
|---|---|
| December 1952 | RADM Joseph Wenger, USN |
| November 1953 | BG John Ackerman, USAF |
| June 1956 | MG John A. Samford, USAF |
Deputy Directors of The National Security Agency
Beginning Date |
Name |
|---|---|
| August 1956 | Mr. Joseph H. Ream |
| October 1957 | Dr. H. T. Engstrom |
| August 1958 | Dr. Louis W. Tordella |
| April 1974 | Mr. Benson K. Buffham |
| May 1978 | Mr. Robert E. Drake |
| April 1980 | Ms. Ann Z. Caracristi |
| July 1982 | Mr. Robert E. Rich |
| July 1986 | Mr. Charles R. Lord |
| March 1988 | Mr. Gerald R. Young |
| July 1990 | Mr. Robert L. Prestel |
| February 1994 | Mr. William P. Crowell |
| October 1997 | Ms. Barbara A. McNamara |
| June 2000 | Mr. William B. Black, Jr. |