Wallace W. Kirby

Wallace W. Kirby (1881–1962) was an officer of the United States Army who served as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1924.

[1] While serving with expeditionary forces in France, Kirby commanded the 29th Engineers, a unit of surveying and map-making experts.

[1] In February 1924, President of the United States Calvin Coolidge named Kirby Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

[1] Because Kirby was a member of the military, he was not eligible to hold this office, so the United States Congress passed a joint resolution to allow Kirby to hold this office for six months without resigning his military commission.

[1] After his time as Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Kirby returned to the Engineer Reproduction Plant in Washington, D.C.[1] Kirby left the Army in 1927, forming a printing company in Arlington, Virginia that he ran until his death in 1962.