Commandant of midshipmen
Introduction The '''commandant of midshipmen''' is the second-in-command at the United States Naval Academy. According to the Naval Academy, the commandant of midshipmen is "responsible for the professional development and day-to-day activities of all 4,400 Midshipmen in the Brigade" and equates to a dean of students at a civilian university. The commandant reports to the superintendent. The commandant is assisted by a deputy commandant. Modern commandants typically hold the Navy rank of captain, but since 2002, three of the commandants have been a United States Marine Corps colonel. The current commandant is Colonel James "J.P." McDonough III.
List of commandants of midshipmen # Lieutenant James Harman Ward 1845–1847# Lieutenant Sydney Smith Lee 1848–1851# Lieutenant Thomas Tingey Craven 1851–1855# Lieutenant Joseph Foster Green 1855–1858# Commander Thomas Tingey Craven 1858–1860# Lieutenant Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers 1860–1861# Lieutenant George Washington Rodgers 1861–1862# Lieutenant Edward Simpson 1862–1863# Commander Thomas G. Corbin 1863–1863# Commander Donald McNeill Fairfax 1863–1865# Lieutenant Commander Stephen B. Luce 1865–1868# Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison 1868–1870# Captain Samuel P. Carter 1870–1873# Commander Kidder Randolph Breese 1873–1875# Commander Edward A. Terry 1875–1878# Commander Frederick Vallette McNair, Sr. 1878–1883# Commander Norman von Heldreich Farquhar 1883–1886# Commander Charles Lathrop Huntington 1886–1887# Commander Purnell Frederick Harrington 1887–1889# Commander Henry Glass 1889–1891# Commander Colby Mitchell Chester 1891–1895# Commander Willard Herbert Brownson 1895–1896# Commander Edwin White 1896–1898# Commander Charles Thomas Hutchins 1898–1900# Commander Charles Ellwood Colahan 1900–1903# Commander Charles Johnston Badger 1903–1905# Captain George Partridge Colvocoresses 1905–1907# Commander William S. Benson 1907–1908# Commander Charles Augustus Gove 1908–1909# Commander George Ramsey Clark 1909–1910# Commander Robert Edward Coontz 1910–1911# Commander George Wood Logan 1911–1914# Captain Guy Hamilton Burrage 1914–1915# Captain Lloyd Horwitz Chandler Summer 1915# Captain Louis McCoy Nulton 1915–1918# Captain William H. Standley 1918–1919# Captain Wat Tyler Cluverius, Jr. 1919–1921# Captain Thomas Richardson Kurtz 1921–1924# Captain Harold Earle Cook 1924–1925# Captain Sinclair Gannon 1925–1928# Captain Charles Philip Snyder 1928–1931# Captain Henry David Cooke, Jr. 1931–1932# Captain Ralston Smith Holmes 1932–1935# Captain Forde Anderson Todd 1935–1937# Rear Admiral Milo Frederick Draemel 1937–1940# Captain Francis Alfred L. Vossler 1940–1941# Captain Mahlon Tisdale 1941–1942# Captain Harvey Edward Overesch 1942–1943# Captain Stuart Shadrick Murray 1943–1945# Rear Admiral Stuart Howe Ingersoll 1945–1947# Captain Frank Trenwith Ward 1947–1949# Captain Carleton R. Adams 1949# Captain Robert B. Pirie 1949–1952# Rear Admiral Charles Allen Buchanan–1952–1954# Captain Robert T.S. Keith 1954–1956# Captain Allen M. Shinn 1956–1958# Captain Frederick L. Ashworth 1958# Captain William F. Bringle 1958–1960# Captain James H. Mini 1960–1961# Captain Charles S. Minter, Jr. 1961–1964# Captain Sheldon H. Kinney 1964–1967# Captain Lawrence T. Heyworth Jr. 1967–1969# Captain Robert P. Coogan 1969–1971# Captain Max K. Morris  1971–1973# Captain Donald K. Forbes 1973–1976# Captain James A. Winnefeld 1976–1978# Captain Jack N. Darby 1978–1979# Rear Admiral William F. "Scot" McCauley 1979–1981# Captain Leon A. Edney 1981–1984# Captain Leslie N. Palmer 1984# Captain Stephen K. Chadwick 1985–1987# Captain Howard W. Habermeyer Jr. 1987–1990# Captain Joseph W. Prueher 1989–1990# Captain Michael D. Haskins 1990–1992# Captain John Bramwell Padgett, III 1992–1994# Captain William T. R. "Randy" Bogle 1994–1997# Captain Gary Roughead 1997–December 1999# Captain Samuel J. Locklear 1999–December 2001# Colonel John R. Allen January 2002–September 2003 (first Marine Corps officer to serve as commandant; selected brigadier general, January 2003)# Captain Charles J. "Joe" Leidig, Jr. September 2003–June 2005# Captain Bruce E. Grooms June 2005–December 2006# Captain Margaret D. Klein December 2006–June 2008 (first woman to serve as commandant)# Captain Matthew L. Klunder June 2008–April 2010# Captain Robert E. Clark II April 2010–May 2013# Captain William D. Byrne Jr. May 2013–June 2015# Colonel Stephen E. Liszewski June 2015–June 2017# Captain Robert B. Chadwick June 2017–June 2019# Captain Thomas R. Buchanan June 2019–2021# Colonel James “J.P.” McDonough III 2021-Present
References
External links * Commandant of Midshipmen official webpage