The Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, created in 1958 originally as Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization, was an office of the

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which consolidated the functions of the existing

Office of Defense Mobilization The Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM) was an independent agency of the United States government whose function was to plan, coordinate, direct and control all wartime mobilization activities of the federal government, including manpower, economi ...

and the

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. The

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functions of the office were transferred to the

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Office of Civil Defense The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense from 1961–64. It replaced the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. The organization was renamed the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency on May 5, 1 ...

from August 1, 1961. With its remaining functions, the office was re-designated as the Office of Emergency Planning from September 22, 1961. It eventually was renamed the Office of Emergency Preparedness from October 21, 1968, and abolished on July 1, 1973.

Directors

* Leo Hoegh, July 1, 1958 – January 20, 1961 *

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, January 20, 1961 – January 27, 1961 * Lewis Berry, January 27, 1961 – March 9, 1961 * Frank Ellis, March 9, 1961 – February 2, 1962 (Emergency Planning from September 22, 1961) * Edward McDermott, February 2, 1962 – March 4, 1965 *

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, March 4, 1965 – March 23, 1966 *

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, March 23, 1966 – October 9, 1967 *

Price Daniel Marion Price Daniel Sr. (October 10, 1910August 25, 1988), was an American jurist and politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator and the 38th governor of Texas. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a member of the Nati ...

, October 9, 1967 – January 20, 1969 (Emergency Preparedness from October 21, 1968) * George Lincoln, January 29, 1969 – January 20, 1973 *

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, January 20, 1973 – July 1, 1973

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Directors

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