State Historic Preservation Officers

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICERS 1969-2010

 
1969-1974
Mary Gregory Jewett
SHPO
GHC1 Director, 1960-1973
HPS2 Chief 1973-1974
 
 
1974-1975
Jackson O’Neal Lamb
SHPO
HPS2 Chief 1974-1975
 
 
1975-1978
David Sherman
SHPO
HPS2 Chief 1975-1978
 
 
1978-1984
Elizabeth A. Lyon
SHPO
HPS2 Chief 1978 HPS3 Chief 1978-1984
 
 
1984-1990
J. Leonard Ledbetter
SHPO
DNR Commissioner
 
 
1990-1994
Elizabeth A. Lyon
SHPO
HPS3 Chief 1988-1991;
OHP4 Chief 1991-1994;
HPD5 Director 1994
 
 
1994-1998
Mark Edwards
SHPO
HPD4 Director
 
 
1998-2004
Lonice Barrett
SHPO
DNR Commissioner
 
 
2004-2009
Noel Holcomb
SHPO
DNR Commissioner
 
 
2009-2010
Chris Clark
SHPO
DNR Commissioner
 
 
2010-
Mark Williams
SHPO
DNR Commissioner
 

DEPUTY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICERS 1969-2010

 
1984-1988
Elizabeth A. Lyon
SHPO
HPS Chief 3,4 1988-1994; HPD5 Director 1994
 
 
1984-1988
Carole Griffith
SHPO
HPS3,4,5 Unit Manager
 
 
1988-2012
Richard Cloues
SHPO
HPS3,4,5 Unit Manager, HPD5 Section Chief
 
 
1996
Karen Easter
SHPO
HPD5
 
 
1998-2009
W. Ray Luce
SHPO
HPD5 Director
 
 
2009
David Crass
SHPO
HPD Section Chief5, HPD Director5
 

1 Georgia Historical Commission (1969-1973)
2 Historic Preservation Section; Office of Planning and Research; Department of Natural Resources (1973-1978)
3 Historic Preservation Section; Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Division; Department of Natural Resources (1978-1991)
4 Office of Historic Preservation; Parks, Recreation, and Historic Sites Division; Department of Natural Resources (1991-1994)
5 Historic Preservation Division; Department of Natural Resources (1994-present)