Roscoe Lynn Egger Jr. (September 19, 1920 – October 14, 1999) served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1981 to 1986 and received the Tax Executive Institute's Distinguished Service Award in 1986.
His actions in Europe during World War II earned him a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
Egger continued in this role until he was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to be tax commissioner on January 24, 1981.
[1] Even so, Egger stated in a 1990 interview that the IRS's computer system was still woefully inadequate at that time and needed a complete overhaul.
[4] While the "return free" system has never been implemented, today's omnipresence of computers and the rise of the internet led to the availability of online filing.
He retired to Green Valley, Arizona, and died at the age of 79 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, on October 14, 1999, following heart surgery.