Major General William “Butch” H. Graham has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

He previously served as the deputy chief of engineers and deputy commanding general while retaining his responsibilities as the deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations for USACE.

Graham received his commission from the Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1989 from the University of Pittsburgh. He is an engineer officer who has commanded soldiers at all levels, up to division.

Graham is a graduate of the Senior Service College Fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Joint and Combined Warfighting School, and United States Army Command and General Staff College. He holds a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s of science in environmental engineering from the University of Kansas.

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