William B. Camp

William B. Camp
22nd Comptroller of the Currency
In office November 16, 1966 – March 23, 1973
President	Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon
Preceded by	James J. Saxon
Succeeded by	James E. Smith
Acting Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
In office March 9, 1970 - April 1, 1970
Preceded by	Kenneth A. Randall
Succeeded by	Frank Wille
Personal details
Born	(1913-11-25)November 25, 1913 Greenville, Texas
Died	November 13, 1975(1975-11-13) (aged 61) Rockville, Maryland
Nationality	American
Occupation	national 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]

References

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.