William B. Camp

William B. Camp
22nd Comptroller of the Currency
In office
November 16, 1966 – March 23, 1973
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Preceded byJames J. Saxon
Succeeded byJames E. Smith
Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
In office
March 9, 1970 - April 1, 1970
Preceded byKenneth A. Randall
Succeeded byFrank Wille
Personal details
Born(1913-11-25)November 25, 1913
Greenville, Texas
DiedNovember 13, 1975(1975-11-13) (aged 61)
Rockville, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Occupationnational bank examiner

William Bacon Camp (November 25, 1913 – November 13, 1975) was Comptroller of the Currency from 1966 to 1973. He was born in Greenville, Texas.[1][2]

Camp, a national bank examiner, was appointed Comptroller by President Lyndon Johnson.[3] During his term, a rapidly growing economy led to a dramatic increase in the assets held by national banks.

The agency's remaining responsibility in the issue of currency - redeeming Federal Reserve notes - was transferred to the Treasurer of the United States. Camp is unique among Comptrollers: he was nominated by a president from one political party and renominated by a president, Richard Nixon, from another. He died on November 13, 1975, in Rockville, Maryland.[4]

  1. ^ Currency, United States Congress Senate Committee on Banking and (14 July 1967). "Nomination of William B. Camp: hearing ... Ninetieth Congress, first session, on the nomination of William B. Camp to be Comptroller of the Currency, January 18, 1967". U.S. Govt. Print. Off. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ White, James Terry (14 July 1980). "The National cyclopaedia of American biography". J.T. White. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com.au. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ^ "The Odessa American from Odessa, Texas · Page 2". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-07-26.