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[[File:(Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization exhibit at a local civil defense fair.) - NARA - 542102.tif|thumb|right|175px|Model family [[fallout shelter]] at an Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization fair exhibit, 1960]]

The ''' Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization''', created in 1958 originally as '''Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization''', was an office of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States]] which consolidated the functions of the existing [[Office of Defense Mobilization]] and the [[Federal Civil Defense Administration]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/396.html |title=Records of the Office of Emergency Preparedness &#124; National Archives |date= |series= |publisher=The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-72/pdf/STATUTE-72-Pg861.pdf |title=Reorganization Plan Numbered 1 Amendment of 1958 ~ P.L. 85-763 |date=August 26, 1958 |series=72 Stat. 861 ~ Senate Bill 4059 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=11103 |title= Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Letter to Leo A. Hoegh, Administrator of Federal Civil Defense, on His Becoming Director, Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization.," June 24, 1958 |author1=Peters, Gerhard |author2=Woolley, John T |publisher = University of California - Santa Barbara |work= The American Presidency Project}}</ref> The [[civil defense]] functions of the office were transferred to the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]'s [[Office of Civil Defense]] from August 1, 1961. With its remaining functions, the office was re-designated as the '''Office of Emergency Planning''' from September 22, 1961.<ref>{{cite book
|title=The United States Government Manual
|year=1995
|quote=Mobilization, Office of Defense and Civilian Established by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1958
|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GOVMAN-1995-07-01/html/GOVMAN-1995-07-01-Pg791.htm}}</ref> It eventually was renamed the '''Office of Emergency Preparedness''' from October 21, 1968, and abolished on July 1, 1973.

==Directors==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Start
!End
!colspan=2 |President
|-
|{{sortname|Leo|Hoegh}}
|{{dts|July 1, 1958}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1961}}
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Dwight D.|Eisenhower}}<br>(1953–1961)
|-
|{{sortname|John|Patterson|John S. Patterson}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1961}}
|{{dts|January 27, 1961}}
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|John F.|Kennedy}}<br>(1961–1963)
|-
|{{sortname|Lewis|Berry}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|January 27, 1961}}
|{{dts|March 9, 1961}}
|-
|{{sortname|Frank|Ellis|Frank Burton Ellis}}
|{{dts|March 9, 1961}}
|{{dts|February 2, 1962}}
|-
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Edward|McDermott|Edward A. McDermott}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|February 2, 1962}}<br>{{small|Acting: February 2, 1962 – April 12, 1962}}
|rowspan=2 |{{dts|March 4, 1965}}
|-
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Lyndon B.|Johnson}}<br>(1963–1969)
|-
|{{sortname|Buford|Ellington}}
|{{dts|March 4, 1965}}
|{{dts|March 23, 1966}}
|-
|{{sortname|Farris|Bryant|C. Farris Bryant}}
|{{dts|March 23, 1966}}
|{{dts|October 9, 1967}}
|-
|{{sortname|Price|Daniel}}
|{{dts|October 9, 1967}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1969}}
|-
|{{sortname|George|Lincoln}}
|{{dts|January 29, 1969}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1973}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}<br>(1969–1974)
|-
|{{sortname|Darrell|Trent}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1973}}
|{{dts|July 1, 1973}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]
* [[United States civil defense]]

==References==
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[[Category:Executive Office of the President of the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct agencies of the United States government]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1958]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in the United States]]

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