Acting Comptroller, Former Agency Leaders Celebrate the OCC’s 160th Anniversary — 2023-03-02

WASHINGTON— Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today hosted former Comptrollers and Acting Comptrollers to mark the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) 160th anniversary of overseeing the federal banking system. Seven former agency leaders joined Acting Comptroller Hsu to reflect on their tenures leading the agency and discuss the value of the OCC’s supervision of national banks and federal savings associations. “I am honored to continue a long and distinguished legacy of ensuring the federal banking system is strong in its foundation and resilient through change,” said Acting Comptroller Hsu. Pictured from left to right are Robert L. Clarke (Comptroller from 1985-1992), Joseph M. Otting (Comptroller from 2017-2020), Julie L. Williams (Acting Comptroller in 1998 and from 2004- 2005), Keith A. Noreika (Acting Comptroller in 2017), Acting Comptroller Michael J. Hsu, Brian Brooks (Acting Comptroller from 2020-2021), Eugene A. Ludwig (Comptroller from 1993-1998) and Blake Paulson (Acting Comptroller in 2021).