DEPUTY COMMANDANTS OF THE U.S. ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE 1 2 (updated: Nov 2015) 3 Augur, Jacob A., MAJ, CAV August 1897 - August 1898 Leach, Smith S., MAJ, CE September 1902 - November 1903 Wagner, Arthur Lockwood, COL, AGD November 1903 - December 1903 Wotherspoon, William M., MAJ, INF January 1904 - September 1904 Swift, Eben, MAJ, CAV October 1904 - August 1906 Beach, Lansing H., MAJ, CE November 1906 - August 1907 Boughton, Daniel H., MAJ, CAV August 1907 - April 1908 Morrison, John F., LTC, INF April 1908 - June 1912 Sayre, Farrand, MAJ, CAV July 1912 - September 1912 1 Names and dates on this list came from various published sources including Commandants, Staff, Faculty, and Graduates of the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1881-1939 (Fort Leavenworth, KS: The Command and General Staff School Press, 1939). Additional name information such as given names came from various editions of the Army Register and United States Military Academy, Association of Graduates, Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy, 1802-1990, Dwight D. Eisenhower centennial ed. (West Point, NY: The Association, 1990) among other sources. 2 For many years in official records and on organization charts, the deputy commandant was called the assistant commandant. 3 The Infantry and Cavalry School (an early name of CGSC) was closed for four years during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection. See Elvid Hunt, History of Fort Leavenworth, 1827-1937, 2d ed. (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General staff School Press, 1937), 150, and 215.
Burnahm, William P., LTC, INF September 1912 - August 1914 Holbrook, Williard Ames, LTC, CAV September 1914 - April 1916 4 McAndrew, James W., LTC, GS September 1916 - November 1916 Eltinge, Le Roy, LTC, CAV August 1919 - September 1920 Booth, Ewing, LTC, CAV September 1920 - August 1921 Drum, Hugh A., COL, INF August 1921 - July 1922 Allen, Robert H., COL, INF July 1922 - March 1925 Brown, Lytle, COL, CE March 1925 - July 1925 Brees, Herbert J., COL, CAV July 1925 - July 1929 Byroade, George L., COL, INF July 1929 - July 1931 Woodruff, James, COL, CE July 1931 - May 1933 Burtt, Wilson B., COL, INF May 1933 - June 1936 McAndrew, Joseph A., COL, INF June 1936 - March 1937 Honeycutt, Francis W., COL, FA March 1937 - September 1938 Edmunds, Kinzie B., COL, CAV September 1938-1941 Shallenberger, Martin C., COL, INF 1941-1944 Campbell, William A., BG 1944-1945 Weyland, Otto R., MG 1945-1946 4 The Army Service Schools were closed again during World War I. War Department orders mandated graduation of all classes on 16 May 1916 and officers were ordered to report to their regiments. Fort Leavenworth itself was an active training center for new officers and units of regular soldiers during the War. The General Service Schools were reestablished in 1919. Ibid., p. 216; and U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, A Military History of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1881-1963 (Fort Leavenworth, KS: The College, 1964), 20, 22.
Dean, William Frishe, MG 1946-1947 Hartness, Harlan N., BG 1948-1950 Kelly, Henry Eaton, COL, INF 1951-1951 Johnson, Max S., BG 1951-1953 Beauchamp, Charles E., BG 1953-1955 Train, William Frew, BG 1955-1957 Zierath, Frederick R., BG 1957-1960 Cunningham, William A., III, BG 1960 1961 Lemley, Harry Jacob, Jr., MG 1961-1963 Townsend, Elias Carter, BG 1963-1965 Taber, Robert C., BG 1966-1967 Henderson, D.S., BG 1967-1969 Clay, Frank Butner, BG 1969-1970 Gibson, John Mendinghall, BG 1970-1973 Harrison, B.L., BG (August) 1973-1975 Louisell, W.C., BG (November) 1975-1977 Arter, Robert, BG 1977-1979 Forman, Robert Henry, BG 1979-1981 Carlson, G.J., COL (Acting) 1981-1981 Saint, Crosbie B., Jr., MG June 1981 - October 1983 Palmer, Dave R., MG October 1983 - June 1985 Franks, Frederick M., MG June 1985 - March 1987 Sullivan, Gordon R., MG March 1987 - July 1988
Peay, J.H. Binford, III, MG July 1988 - July 1989 Miller, John E., BG July 1989-1991 Steele, William M., BG 1991 - May 7, 1993 House, Randolph W., BG May 12, 1993-1994 Rigby, Randall l., BG 1994 - June 1995 Ohle, David H., BG July 5, 1995 - July 12, 1996 Inge, Joseph R., BG July 12, 1996 - August 3, 1998 Wood, John R., BG August 10, 1998 - July 14, 2000 Huntoon, David Jr., BG July 17, 2000 - July 16, 2002 Hirai, James, BG July 16, 2002 - August 15, 2004 Warner, Volney J. BG August 15, 2004 June 16, 2006?? Mark E. O'Neill, BG June 19, 2006-2008 Edward Cardon, BG (P) August 19, 2008 - July 9, 2010 MacFarland, Sean BG July 9, 2010 - November 7, 2011 Johnson, Mike (COL) (acting) November 7, 2011 March 26, 2012 Davis, Gordon Skip Jr. MG March 26, 2012 June 14, 2013 Hughes, Christopher P. BG October 7, 2013 5 June, 2015 Knight, Leona (COL) (acting) June 6, 2015 August 31, 2015 5 Kem, John, MG August 31, 2015 August 2017 Efflandt, Scott L. BG August 2017-5 BG Kem is the first Army University Provost, as well as the Deputy Commandant of CGSC. Brig. Gen Kem was promoted to Maj. Gen. Kem on October 3, 2016 at the Lewis and Clark Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS