Malin Craig

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Image:Malin craig.jpg Malin Craig (August 5, 1875, St. Joseph, Missouri - July 25, 1945) was a United States Army general. He was an 1898 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He served as president of the Army War College in 1935 and served as the U.S. Army Chief of Staff from October 2, 1935 to August 31, 1939. His retirement 1939, after forty-one years of active duty, was short-lived, however. In September 1941, with war on the horizon he was recalled to active duty to head the War Department's Personnel Board, a body responsible for selecting individuals who were to receive direct commissions in the Army. He headed the board until shortly before his death in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 1945.

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