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Executive Order 10762

Delegating to the Secretary of Defense the Authority of the President To Order to Active Duty Members of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces Who Are in Medical, Dental, or Allied Specialist Categories and To Prescribe Regulations Governing the Appointment, Reappointment, and Promotion of

Signed by Dwight David Eisenhower on March 28, 1958.

No later action on file
Signed recordMarch 28, 1958

The date the President signed it.

Publication record23 FR 2119

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionNo later action on file

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Reference number
eo-10762
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APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 10762: Delegating to the Secretary of Defense the Authority of the President To Order to Active Duty Members of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces Who Are in Medical, Dental, or Allied Specialist Categories and To Prescribe Regulations Go… [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10762

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 10762: Delegating to the Secretary of Defense the Authority of the President To Order to Active Duty Members of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces Who Are in Medical, Dental, or Allied Specialist Categories and To Prescribe Regulations Go…." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10762.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 10762: Delegating to the Secretary of Defense the Authority of the President To Order to Active Duty Members of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces Who Are in Medical, Dental, or Allied Specialist Categories and To Prescribe Regulations Go…}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-10762}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-10762; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1958.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Later record

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Revokes EO 10478, August 5, 1953

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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