List of Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy
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The Naval Academy is organized much like a civilian college. The Academy's Superintendent, a Navy admiral, is the equivalent of a college president. He oversees all of the school's functions. The Superintendent's principal deputies include overseeing a civilian Academic Dean, academic program and the faculty, and the Commandant of Midshipmen, who serves as dean of students and supervisor of all military and professional training. The Superintendent, Commandant, Academic Dean and academic division directors sit on the academic board, which sets the academy's academic standards.

Below is the list of the 59 Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...

. This list includes one Chief of Naval Operations
Chief of Naval Operations
The Chief of Naval Operations is a statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, and is the most senior uniformed officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Navy. The office is a military adviser and deputy to the Secretary of the Navy...

 and many other Admirals with various commands. Many of the men listed had or have ships named in their honor.
# Rank Name Took Office Year Graduated Academy
1. CDR
Commander
Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...

Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan was an officer in the United States Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War, and commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia.-Early life:...

3 September 1845
2. CDR George P. Upshur
George P. Upshur
George Parker Upshur was an officer in the United States Navy and the brother of Abel P. Upshur.Born in Northampton county, Virginia, Upshur entered the United States Navy as midshipman, April 23, 1818; was promoted to lieutenant, March 3, 1827, and served in the USS Lexington, on the Brazil...

15 March 1847
3. CDR Cornelius K. Stribling
Cornelius Stribling
Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling was an rear admiral in the United States Navy who served during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, the Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War.-Biography:...

1 July 1850
4. CDR Louis M. Goldsborough
Louis M. Goldsborough
Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough was a rear admiral in the United States Navy during the Civil War. He held several sea commands during the Civil War, including the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron...

1 November 1853
5. CAPT George S. Blake 15 September 1857
6. RADM
Rear admiral (United States)
Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. The uniformed services of the United States are unique in having two grades of rear admirals.- Rear admiral :...

 / VADM
Vice admiral (United States)
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and the United States Maritime Service, vice admiral is a three-star flag officer, with the pay grade of...

David D. Porter
David Dixon Porter
David Dixon Porter was a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the United States Navy. Promoted as the second man to the rank of admiral, after his adoptive brother David G...

9 September 1865
7. Commodore John L. Worden 1 December 1869
8. RADM Christopher R. P. Rodgers
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War, as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.-Early career:Rodgers was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a naval family...

22 September 1874
9. Commodore Foxhall A. Parker 1 July 1878
10. RADM George B. Balch
George Balch
George Beall Balch was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.-Early career:...

2 August 1879
11. RADM Christopher R.P. Rodgers
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War, as Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.-Early career:Rodgers was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a naval family...

13 June 1881
12. CAPT Francis M. Ramsay 14 November 1881 1856
13. CDR / CAPT William T. Sampson
William T. Sampson
William Thomas Sampson was a United States Navy rear admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.-Biography:...

9 September 1886 1861
14. CAPT / RADM Robert L. Phythian
Robert L. Phythian
Robert Lees Phythian was a United States naval officer who was the first superintendent of the New York Nautical School and later was a superintendent for the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Naval Observatory.-Biography:...

13 June 1890 1856
15. CAPT Philip H. Cooper 15 November 1894 1864
16. RADM Frederick V. McNair
Frederick V. McNair, Sr.
Frederick Valette McNair was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. McNair served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1898 to 1900.-Biography:...

15 July 1898 1857
17. CDR Richard Wainwright
Richard Wainwright (Spanish-American War naval officer)
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright , son of Commander Richard Wainwright, was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War.-Early life and ancestors:...

15 March 1900 1868
18. CAPT / RADM Willard H. Brownson
Willard H. Brownson
Rear Admiral Willard Herbert Brownson, USN was a United States Navy officer whose career included service against pirates in Mexico, and service during the Spanish-American War. He also served a term as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.-Early Life and Career:A native of Lyons, New...

6 November 1902 1865
19. RADM James H. Sands
James H. Sands
Rear Admiral James Hoban Sands was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and eventually became Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.-Naval career:...

1 July 1905 1864
20. CAPT Charles J. Badger
Charles J. Badger
Charles Johnston Badger was an admiral in the United States Navy. His active-duty career included service in the Spanish-American War and World War I.-Biography:...

15 July 1907 1873
21. CAPT John M. Bowyer
John M. Bowyer
Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer was an officer in the United States Navy.Bowyer was born in Cass County, Indiana; and in 1870, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Iowa. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1874....

10 June 1909 1874
22. CAPT John H. Gibbons 15 May 1911 1879
23. CAPT / RADM William F. Fullam
William Fullam
Rear Admiral William Freeland Fullam was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I.-Biography:Born in Pittsford, New York, Fullam was a member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1877...

7 February 1914 1877
24. CAPT / RADM Edward W. Eberle 20 September 1915 1885
25. CAPT / RADM Archibald H. Scales 12 February 1919 1887
26. RADM Henry B. Wilson 5 July 1921 1881
27. RADM Louis M. Nulton 23 February 1925 1889
28. RADM Samuel S. Robison
Samuel Robison
Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison CB, USN was a United States Navy officer whose service extended from the 1890s through the early 1930s. He held several major commands during World War I, and from 1928-1931 served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy...

16 June 1928 1888
29. RADM Thomas C. Hart
Thomas C. Hart
Thomas Charles Hart was an admiral of the United States Navy, whose service extended from the Spanish-American War through World War II. Following his retirement from the Navy, he served briefly as a United States Senator from Connecticut.-Life and career:Hart was born in Genesee County, Michigan...

1 May 1931 1897
30. RADM David F. Sellers
David F. Sellers
David F. Sellers was an Admiral in the United States Navy.-Biography:David Foote Sellers was a native of Austin, Texas. He joined the United States Navy in 1890 and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from New Mexico...

18 June 1934 1894
31. RADM Wilson Brown
Wilson Brown
Wilson Brown is the name of:* Wilson Brown , World War II naval commander* Wilson Brown , American Civil War sailor* Wilson Brown , Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, 1853–1855...

1 February 1938 1902
32. RADM Russell Willson
Russell Willson
Vice Admiral Russell Willson was a flag officer of the United States Navy and inventor of the Navy Cipher Box issued in 1917.The son of Sidney Louis Willson and Lucy Fenton Staats Willson, Russell Willson attended the Massachusetts Institute of...

1 February 1941 1906
33. RADM John R. Beardall 31 January 1942 1908
34. VADM
Vice Admiral
Vice admiral is a senior naval rank of a three-star flag officer, which is equivalent to lieutenant general in the other uniformed services. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral...

Aubrey W. Fitch 16 August 1945 1906
35. RADM James L. Holloway Jr. 15 January 1947 1919
36. VADM Harry W. Hill
Harry W. Hill
Harry Wilbur Hill was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.-Biography:Hill was born in Oakland, California on 7 April 1890...

28 April 1950 1911
37. VADM C. Turner Joy
C. Turner Joy
Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. During the last years of his career, he served as Superintendent of the Naval Academy. The destroyer USS Turner Joy was named for him.-Early life and career, through World War I:C....

4 August 1952 1916
38. RADM Walter F. Boone 12 August 1954 1921
39. RADM William R. Smedberg III 16 March 1956 1926
40. RADM Charles L. Melson 27 June 1958 1927
41. RADM John F. Davidson 22 June 1960 1929
42. RADM C.C. Kirkpatrick 18 August 1962 1931
43. RADM C.S. Minter Jr. 11 January 1964 1937
44. RADM Draper L. Kauffman
Draper L. Kauffman
Rear Admiral Draper Laurence Kauffman was a pioneering underwater demolition expert, who served during the 1960s as 44th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. During World War II, he organized the first U.S. Navy Demolition Teams, which later gave rise to the SEALs...

12 June 1965 1933
45. CAPT Lawrence Heyworth Jr. 22 June 1968 1943
46. RADM / VADM James F. Calvert
James F. Calvert
James Francis Calvert served in the United States Navy, where he commanded the , the third nuclear submarine commissioned and the second submarine to reach the North Pole, which became the first to surface at the pole when it did so on August 11, 1958...

20 July 1968 1943
47. VADM William P. Mack 16 June 1972 1937
48. RADM / VADM Kinnaird R. McKee
Kinnaird R. McKee
Kinnaird Rowe McKee is a retired United States Navy four star admiral who served as Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion from 1982 to 1988. He also served as Superintendent, United States Naval Academy from 1975 to 1978....

1 August 1975 1951
49. RADM / VADM William P. Lawrence
William P. Lawrence
William Porter Lawrence , United States Navy, was a decorated Naval Aviator who served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1978-1981...

28 August 1978 1951
50. VADM Edward C. Waller 22 August 1981 1949
51. RADM Charles R. Larson
Charles R. Larson
Charles R. Larson is a retired four-star Admiral of the United States Navy.-Military career:A 1958 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Larson twice served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He also served as Commander in Chief, United States Pacific...

31 August 1983 1958
52. RADM Ronald F. Marryott
Ronald F. Marryott
Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott was the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1986 to 1988. He served as president and CEO of the George C...

19 August 1986 1957
53. RADM Virgil L. Hill Jr. 18 August 1988 1961
54. RADM Thomas C. Lynch 15 June 1991 1964
55. ADM
Admiral (United States)
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, admiral is a four-star flag officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. Admiral ranks above vice admiral and below Fleet Admiral in the Navy; the Coast Guard and the Public Health...

Charles R. Larson
Charles R. Larson
Charles R. Larson is a retired four-star Admiral of the United States Navy.-Military career:A 1958 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Larson twice served as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He also served as Commander in Chief, United States Pacific...

1 August 1994 1958
56. VADM John R. Ryan
John R. Ryan
John R. Ryan is a retired United States Navy vice admiral who served as the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy and as the Chancellor of the State University of New York...

4 June 1998 1967
57. VADM Richard J. Naughton
Richard J. Naughton
Vice Admiral Richard Joseph Naughton was the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 2002 to 2003.-Navy career:...

7 June 2002 1968
(acting) 58. VADM Charles W. Moore Jr. 5 June 2003 1968
59. VADM Rodney P. Rempt
Rodney P. Rempt
Rodney Paul Rempt is a retired Vice Admiral of the United States Navy who served as the 58th Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 2003 to 2007.-Biography:...

1 August 2003 1966
60. VADM Jeffrey Fowler
Jeffrey Fowler
Jeffrey L. Fowler is a United States Navy vice admiral who served as the 60th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy until his retirement in August 2010.-Early life and career:...

8 June 2007 1978
61. VADM Michael H. Miller
Michael H. Miller
Michael Harold "Mike" Miller is a vice admiral in the United States Navy, and was the first active-duty officer to direct the White House Military Office...

3 August 2010 1974

See also

  • United States Naval Academy Cemetery #Superintendents of USNA
  • Superintendents of the United States Military Academy
    Superintendents of the United States Military Academy
    The commanding officer of the United States Military Academy is its Superintendent. This position is roughly equivalent to the chancellor or president of an American civilian university. The officer appointed is by tradition a graduate of the United States Military Academy, commonly known as "West...

  • List of Superintendents of the United States Air Force Academy
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