Name Class year Notability References Joseph Gardner Swift 1802 Brigadier general ; first graduate of the Academy; War of 1812 ; Superintendent of the Academy (1812–1814); Chief of Engineers (1812–1818) [ 1] Walker Keith Armistead 1803 Brigadier general ; War of 1812 ; Chief of Engineers (1818–1821) [ 1] Joseph Gilbert Totten 1805 Major general ; War of 1812 , Mexican–American War , American Civil War ; military and lighthouse engineer; Chief of Engineers (1838–1864) [ 1] Charles Gratiot 1806 Brigadier general ; War of 1812 ; Chief of Engineers (1828–1838) [ 1] Richard Delafield 1818 Major general ; 7th, 11th, and 13th Superintendent of the Academy (1838–1845), (1856–1861), (1861); American Civil War ; Chief of Engineers (1864–1866) [ 1] George Washington Whistler 1819 Major (United States) ; Chief Engineer that constructed the railroad between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia (1842); Received the Order of St. Anne from the Czar Nicholas (1847); father of the painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834) [ 1] Isaac R. Trimble 1822 Major General CSA ; civil and railroad engineer; wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg [ a] [ b] [ 2] George S. Greene 1823 Brigadier general ; second cousin of General Nathanael Greene of the American Revolutionary War ; railroad and aqueduct engineer, founder of American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects ; defender of Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg [ b] [ 3] [ self-published source ] Washington Hood 1827 Captain ; topographical engineer; worked with Robert E. Lee to survey the border between Ohio and Michigan in 1835 [ 4] Andrew A. Humphreys 1831 Major general ; American Civil War ; topographical and hydrological surveyor of the Mississippi River Delta ; Chief of Engineers (1866–1875); an incorporator of the United States National Academy of Sciences [ 1] Herman Haupt 1835 Brigadier general ; railroad engineer and head of the United States Military Railroad during the American Civil War [ 5] John Williams Gunnison 1837 Captain ; topographical engineer; supervised one of the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853; Gunnison, Colorado and Gunnison, Utah are named in his honor [ 6] [ 7] Horatio Wright 1841 Major general ; American Civil War ; Chief of Engineers (1879–1884) [ 1] John Newton 1842 Brigadier general ; American Civil War ; coastal fortifications engineer; Chief of Engineers (1884–1886) [ 1] John Pope 1842 Major general ; topographic engineer and surveyor; Dakota War of 1862 , Apache Wars ; defeated at the Second Battle of Bull Run , commander of Army of the Mississippi and Army of Virginia [ b] [ 8] William F. Raynolds 1843 Colonel ; topographic engineer; Mexican–American War ; American Civil War ; lighthouse construction, led 1859–1860 Raynolds Expedition in Yellowstone region. James Chatham Duane 1848 Brigadier general ; leader of engineers in the Utah War of 1858; American Civil War ; coastal fortifications and pontoon engineer; Chief of Engineers (1886–1888) [ 1] Robert S. Williamson 1848 Lieutenant colonel ; American Civil War ; topographical engineer; participated in the Pacific Railroad Surveys [ 7] John Parke 1849 Major general ; American Civil War ; participated in the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853; chief surveyor who delineated the boundary between northwestern United States and British North America ; Superintendent of the Academy (1887–1889) [ 9] Rufus Saxton 1849 Brigadier general ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his defense at the Battle of Harpers Ferry ; participated in the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853; early abolitionist [ 10] [ 11] Gouverneur K. Warren 1850 Major general ; commended at the battle of Little Round Top , Chief of Engineers of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War ; participated in topographical and railroad explorations of the Mississippi River and trans-Mississippi West [ 12] Thomas Lincoln Casey 1852 Brigadier general ; American Civil War ; fortifications engineer; construction engineer of the Washington Monument and Old Executive Office Building ; Chief of Engineers (1888–1895) [ 1] William Price Craighill 1853 Brigadier general ; American Civil War ; fortifications, river, harbor, and coastal engineer; author; Chief of Engineers (1895–1897) [ 1] Orlando Metcalfe Poe 1856 Brigadier general ; American Civil War ; lighthouse, harbor, and river engineer; responsible for much of the early lighthouse construction on the Great Lakes ; built the Poe Lock of the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ; Poe Reef Light in Lake Huron is named in his honor [ 13] Henry Martyn Robert 1857 Brigadier general ; Pig War ; American Civil War ; fortifications, river, and harbor engineer; wrote Robert's Rules of Order ; Chief of Engineers (1901) [ 1] John Moulder Wilson 1860 Brigadier general ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Malvern Hill despite acute illness; Superintendent of the Academy (1889–1893); Chief of Engineers (1897–1901) [ 1] [ 10] John W. Barlow 1861 Brigadier general ; American Civil War ; participated in topographical explorations of the headwaters of the Missouri River and Yellowstone River ; Chief of Engineers (1901) [ 1] George Lewis Gillespie, Jr. 1862 Brigadier general ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for carrying dispatches under withering fire at the Battle of Cold Harbor ; fortification and pontoon engineer; Chief of Engineers (1901–1904) [ 1] [ 14] David Porter Heap 1864 Brigadier general ; engineer and author; harbor and lighthouse engineer [ 15] Alexander Mackenzie 1864 Major general ; American Civil War ; torpedo, river, and harbor engineer; Chief of Engineers (1904–1908) [ 1] William Louis Marshall 1868 Brigadier general ; topographic and river engineer; Chief of Engineers (1908–1910) [ 1] William Herbert Bixby 1873 Brigadier general ; coastal and river engineer; Chief of Engineers (1910–1913) [ 1] William Trent Rossell 1873 Brigadier general ; fortification, harbor and river engineer; Chief of Engineers (1913) [ 1] Dan Christie Kingman 1875 Brigadier general ; fortification, harbor and river engineer; Chief of Engineers (1913–1916) [ 1] William Murray Black 1877 Major general ; Spanish–American War ; civil engineer; Chief of Engineers (1917–1919) [ 1] George Washington Goethals 1880 Major general ; chief engineer of the Panama Canal ; Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1914–1917) [ 16] Lansing Hoskins Beach 1882 Major general ; river, harbor, and coastal engineer; Chief of Engineers (1920–1924) [ 1] Harry Taylor 1884 Major general ; World War I ; fortification, river, and harbor engineer; Chief of Engineers (1924–1926) [ 1] Edgar Jadwin 1890 Major general ; Spanish–American War ; World War I ; river, bridge, and road engineer; Chief of Engineers (1926–1929) [ 1] Lytle Brown 1898 Major general ; Spanish–American War ; Pancho Villa Expedition ; World War I ; civil engineer; Chief of Engineers (1929–1933) [ 1] Edward Murphy Markham 1899 Major general ; World War I ; topographic and civil engineer; Chief of Engineers (1933–1937) [ 1] Julian Larcombe Schley 1903 Major general ; World War I ; topographic and civil engineer; Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1932–1926); Chief of Engineers (1937–1941) [ 1] Raymond Albert Wheeler 1911 Lieutenant general ; World War II ; railroad and highway engineer; Chief of Engineers (1945–1949); directed the clearing of the Suez Canal following the 1956 Suez Crisis [ 1] [ 17] Lunsford E. Oliver 1913 Major general ; initiated the research that led to the development of the steel treadway bridge ; Commander of 5th Armored Division during World War II [ 18] Hugh John Casey 1918 Major general ; instructor and engineer company commander during World War I ; Chief Engineer for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur for the South West Pacific theatre of World War II ; initial designer of The Pentagon ; father of Major Hugh Boyd Casey ; father-in-law of Major General Frank Butner Clay [ 19] Samuel D. Sturgis III 1918 Lieutenant general ; World War II ; railroad and highway engineer; Chief of Engineers (1953–1956) [ 1] Emerson C. Itschner 1924 Lieutenant general ; World War II ; Korean War ; civil engineer; Chief of Engineers (1956–1961) [ 1] Walter K. Wilson, Jr. 1929 Lieutenant general ; World War II ; Chief of Engineers (1961–1965) [ 1] William F. Cassidy 1931 Lieutenant general ; World War II ; airfield engineer and engineer logistician; Chief of Engineers (1965–1969) [ 1] Frederick J. Clarke 1937 Lieutenant general ; World War II ; airfield engineer, engineer logistician, and early developer of the Red Ball Express ; worked on the Manhattan Project ; Chief of Engineers (1969–1973) [ 1] William C. Gribble, Jr. 1941 Lieutenant general ; World War II ; civil and nuclear engineer; worked on the Alaska Highway ; Chief of Engineers (1973–1976) [ 1] John W. Morris 1943 Lieutenant general ; World War II , Korean War , Vietnam War ; airfield and river engineer; Chief of Engineers (1976–1980) [ 1] Joseph K. Bratton 1948 Lieutenant general ; Korean War , Vietnam War ; Chief of Engineers (1980–1984) [ 1] Fidel V. Ramos 1950 General ; Korean War , Vietnam War ; master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Illinois (1951); Chief of Staff of the United Nations engineering contingent during the Vietnam War [ 20] Elvin R. Heiberg III 1953 Lieutenant general ; Vietnam War ; held three Master's degrees; Chief of Engineers (1984–1988) [ 1] Henry J. Hatch 1957 Lieutenant general ; Vietnam War ; Paratrooper and Army Ranger ; Chief of Engineers (1988–1992) [ 1] Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr. 1972 Lieutenant general ; Gulf War ; Paratrooper and Army ranger ; Chief of Engineers (2007–present) [ 1]