UPDATED SAIC of PPD list

UPDATED SAIC of PPD list

The Associated Press, 7/18/98: “[Larry] Cockell is one of only 24 special agents to be in charge of the presidential protective division since it started in 1901 and is the first black to hold the job.”


1. Joseph E. Murphy (Teddy Roosevelt [1901]-Taft eras)
2. Dick Jervis (Wilson era)
3. Col. Edmund W. Starling (Wilson-FDR)
4. Michael F. Reilly (1943-1945)
5. George C. Drescher (SAIC 4/12/45-5/3/46; nephew Earl L. Drescher became the deputy chief of the Executive Protective Service in the late 1970’s)
6. James J. Rowley (1946-Sept. 1961)
7. Gerald A. Behn (Sept. 1961-Jan. 1965)
8. Rufus W. Youngblood (1965)
9. Thomas “Lem” Johns (Fall 1965)
10. Clinton J. Hill (Approx. 1966-1968)
11. Robert H. Taylor1 (LBJ & NIXON: 1968-Feb. 1973)
12. Richard E. Keiser (Feb. 1973-1978; Nixon, Ford, Carter)
13. John R. Simpson (Carter; 1978-1979)
14. Gerald S. Parr (Carter-Reagan; 1979-early 1982)
15. Robert DeProspero (Reagan, Jan. 1982-approx. April 1985) 
16. Ray Shaddick (Reagan/ Bush; 1985-1989)
17. John W. Magaw (Bush; approximately 1989-1992)
18. Rich “Skip” Miller (Bush/ Clinton; approximately 1992-1993)
19. David Carpenter (Clinton; 1994-1995)
20. Don Flynn (Clinton)
21. Lewis C. Merletti (Clinton)
22. Brian L. Stafford (Clinton)
23. Larry Cockell (Clinton)
24.Carl Truscott (Bush)
25. Eddie Marinzel (Bush)
26. Nick Trotta (Bush)
27. Don White (Bush) [photo not available]
28. Joe Clancy (Obama; 2/1/09-6/30/11)
29. Vic Erevia (Obama; 2011-2013)
30. Robert Buster (Obama; 2013-2015; assistants: Thomas Rizza, Kimberly Tello)
31. Michael White (Obama/ Trump; 2015-2017)