Malin Craig

US soldier, born in St Joseph, Missouri, USA. The son of a career cavalry officer, he trained at West Point Military Academy (1898), and rose to become army chief-of-staff in the late 1930s. At his direction, extensive modernization of the army was carried out, including upgraded mobilization plans, updated armoured equipment and doctrine, and improved communications.

Malin Craig (August 5, 1875 - July 25, 1945) was a United States Army general. 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. As Chief of Staff of the Army, Craig pointed out to Congress the Army’s lack of preparedness in manpower and materiel, stressed the essentiality of lead time in military preparedness, focused attention on Army planning, and, within governmental constraints, prepared the Army for World War II. On September 26, 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.