Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Seal of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the United States Department of the Treasury. The current director is Patricia "Patty" S. Collins. ^[1]

The position has existed since 1862, when the United States Congress authorized the Treasury Department to begin printing paper money. Until the 1890s, the office was commonly known as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The Director operates with general directions provided by the United States Secretary of the Treasury.

List of directors of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The following persons served as the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing: ^[2]

No.	Image	Name	Assumed office	Left office	Refs.	President appointed by
1		Spencer M. Clark	1862	1868	[3]	Abraham Lincoln
2		George B. McCartee	1869	1876	[4]	Ulysses S. Grant
3		Henry C. Jewell	1876	1877	[5]	Ulysses S. Grant
4		Edward McPherson	1877	1878	[6]	Rutherford B. Hayes
5		O. H. Irish	1878	1883 [a]	[7]	Rutherford B. Hayes
6		Truman N. Burrill	1883	1885	[8]	Chester A. Arthur
7		Edward O. Graves	1885	1889	[9]	Grover Cleveland
8		William Morton Meredith	1889	1893	[10]	Benjamin Harrison
9		Claude M. Johnson	1893	1900	[11]	Grover Cleveland
10		William Morton Meredith	1900	1906	[10]	William McKinley
11		Thomas J. Sullivan	1906	1908 [a]	[12]	Theodore Roosevelt
12		Joseph E. Ralph	1908	1917	[13]	Theodore Roosevelt
13		James L. Wilmeth	1917	1922	[14]	Woodrow Wilson
14		Louis A. Hill	1922	1924	[15]	Warren G. Harding
15		Wallace W. Kirby	1924	1924	[16]	Calvin Coolidge
16		Alvin W. Hall	1924	1954	[17]	Calvin Coolidge
17		Henry J. Holtzclaw	1954	1967	[18]	Dwight D. Eisenhower
18		James A. Conlon	1967	1977	[19]	Lyndon B. Johnson
19		Seymour Berry	1977	1979	[20]	Jimmy Carter
20		Harry R. Clements	1979	1982	[21]	Jimmy Carter
21		Robert J. Leuver	1983	1988	[22]	Ronald Reagan
22		Peter H. Daly	1988	1995	[23]	Ronald Reagan
23		Larry E. Rolufs	1995	1997	[24]	Bill Clinton
acting		Thomas A. Ferguson	January 1998	December 7, 1998		Bill Clinton
24			December 7, 1998	2006	[25] [26]
25		Larry R. Felix	January 11, 2006	January 31, 2015	[27] [28] [29]	George W. Bush
acting		Leonard R. Olijar	February 1, 2015	May 2015		Barack Obama
26			May 2015	June 30, 2023	[30] [31]
acting		Charlene E. Williams	July 1, 2023	March 23, 2024	[32]
27		Patricia S. Collins	March 24, 2024	present	[33] [34]	Joe Biden

Table notes:

1. Died in office.

References

1. Federal News Network, April 1, 2024. New director takes helm at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, by Tom Temin.
2. "Past BEP Directors". BEP.
3. "Spencer M. Clark". BEP.
4. "George B. McCartee". BEP.
5. "Henry C. Jewell". BEP.
6. "Edward McPherson". BEP.
7. "Orsamus. H. Irish". BEP.
8. "Truman N. Burrill". BEP.
9. "Edward O. Graves". BEP.
10. "William M. Meredith". BEP.
11. "Claude M. Johnson". BEP.
12. "Thomas J. Sullivan". BEP.
13. "Joseph E. Ralph". BEP.
14. "James L. Wilmeth". BEP.
15. "Louis A. Hill". BEP.
16. "Wallace W. Kirby". BEP.
17. "Alvin W. Hall". BEP.
18. "Henry J. Holtzclaw". BEP.
19. "James A. Conlon". BEP.
20. "Seymour Berry". BEP.
21. "Harry R. Clements". BEP.
22. "Robert J. Leuver". BEP.
23. "Peter H. Daly". BEP.
24. "Larry E. Rolufs". BEP.
25. "Thomas A. Ferguson". BEP.
26. "RUBIN NAMES BEP DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR". Department of the Treasury. December 7, 1998.
27. "Larry R. Felix". BEP.
28. "Secretary Snow Names Bureau of Engraving and Printing Director". Department of the Treasury. January 11, 2006.
29. Orzano, Michele (December 19, 2014). "Larry R. Felix retires from Bureau of Engraving and Printing". Coin World .
30. "Len Olijar". BEP.
31. Friedberg, Arthur L. (July 17, 2023). "Director Len Olijar retiring after 30 years with BEP". Coin World .
32. Friedberg, Arthur L. (March 3, 2024). "BEP issues 2023 performance and accountability report". Coin World .
33. "Office of the Director". BEP.
34. "U.S. Treasury Department Announces Appointment of Patty Collins as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing". Department of the Treasury. March 25, 2024.

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