page_title: Chief of Naval Research
section_title: List of Chiefs of Naval Research
hierarchical_section_title: Chief of Naval Research / History / List of Chiefs of Naval Research
caption_attribution_description: English: ALEXANDRIA, Va. (May 5, 2011) Bill Nye, left, executive director of The Planetary Society, and science educator, stands with the Chief of Naval Research Rear. Adm. Nevin Carr following the presentation of a powered by Naval Research pocket protector during the Navy Office of General Counsel Spring 2011 Conference. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)
context_page_description: The Chief of Naval Research is the senior military officer in charge of scientific research in the United States Navy. The Chief of Naval Research has a rank of Rear Admiral, and is in charge of the Office of Naval Research.
  The Chief of Naval Research has responsibility for basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development components of the Navy's research and development programs, as well as the Navy's intellectual property policy. The Chief of Naval Research also coordinates with other research and development agencies within the Department of the Navy, such as the Naval Warfare Centers of the Naval Systems Commands.
  Other positions in the Office of Naval Research leadership include the Vice Chief of Naval Research, the Assistant Chief of Naval Research and Commanding Officer of ONR Global, and the Executive Director and Assistant Vice Chief of Naval Research. The Chief of Naval Research reports directly to the civilian Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and is thus not organizationally subordinate to the Chief of Naval Operations, the senior military officer in the entire Navy.
context_section_description: 1st: Harold Gardiner Bowen (1946–1947)
  2nd: Paul F. Lee (1947–1949)
  3rd: Thorvald A. Solberg (1949–1951)
  4th: Calvin Matthews Bolster (1951–1953)
  5th: Frederick R. Furth (1953–1956)
  6th: Rawson Bennett II (1956–1961)
  7th: Leonidas Dixon Coates, Jr. (1961–1964)
  8th: John Leydon (1964–1968)
  9th: Thomas Barron Owen (1968–1970)
  10th: Carl O. Holmquist (1970–1973)
  11th: M. Dick Van Orden (1973–1975)
  12th: Robert Keith Geiger (1975–1978)
  13th: Albert Baciocco (1978–1981)
  14th: L. S. Kollmorgen (1981–1983)
  15th: Brad Mooney (1983–1987)
  16th: John R. Wilson, Jr. (1987–1990)
  17th: William C. Miller (1991–1993)
  18th: Marc Y. E. Pelaez (1993–1996)
  19th: Paul G. Gaffney II (1996–2000)
  20th: Jay M. Cohen (2000–2006)
  21st: William E. Landay III (2006–2008)
  22nd: Nevin P. Carr, Jr. (2008–2011)
  23rd: Matthew L. Klunder (2011–2014)
  24th: Mathias W. Winter (2014–2016)
  25th: David J. Hahn (2016–2020)
  26th: Lorin C. Selby (2020–present)
caption: Chief of Naval Research Nevin Carr with Bill Nye in 2011.  Nye had just excitedly accepted an ONR pocket protector presented by Carr.[8]
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