APPENDIX B 



MEMBERSHIP OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS 

 BEACH EROSION BOARD 



Although the Beach Erosion Board was to have four military members at any one time, 

 there was no estabhshed tenure of office. During the BEB's 33-year life, length of term 

 ranged from just a few weeks to 7 years. Until 1940, military membership on the Board was 

 quite stable, involving just some 10 or 11 officers. After the war, however, most of those 

 military men who had been concerned with beach problems during the agency's formative 

 years had retired from active duty. Thus, in the postwar years it was decided that military 

 membership on the BEB shoidd be geared primarily to officers who were engineers in the 

 U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers' Division and District offices located in the coastal regions of 

 the country. From 1945 on, the average length of military membership on the BEB was 

 about 2 years. 



List 1 is a tabulation of all military officers of the U.S. Array, Corps of Engineers who 

 served as members of the BEB. Although each officer's name is listed only once, there were 

 several who were members of the Board more than one time. An effort was made to list 

 each officer's name chronologically, in the order of first term of membership on the Board. 



List II is comprised of the names of the officers who held the position of either Senior 

 Member or President of the Beach Erosion Board. Dates of office are included. 



There were also to be three civilian members on the Beach Erosion Board. List III 

 includes the names of the men who served in this capacity and the dates they held office. 

 The tenure of office for these members again was not formally established. The original 

 members seem to have been given indefinite terms, while later appointees were generally 

 given renewable 4-year terms. 



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