John A. McCone

John A. McCone
6th Director of Central Intelligence
In office
November 29, 1961 – April 28, 1965
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
DeputyCharles P. Cabell
Marshall Carter
Preceded byAllen Dulles
Succeeded byWilliam Raborn
Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission
In office
July 14, 1958 – January 20, 1961
PresidentDwight Eisenhower
Preceded byLewis Strauss
Succeeded byGlenn T. Seaborg
United States Under Secretary of the Air Force
In office
June 15, 1950 – October 12, 1951
PresidentHarry Truman
Preceded byArthur S. Barrows
Succeeded byRoswell Gilpatric
Personal details
Born
John Alexander McCone

(1902-01-04)January 4, 1902
San Francisco, California, US
DiedFebruary 14, 1991(1991-02-14) (aged 89)
Pebble Beach, California, US
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS)

John Alexander McCone (January 4, 1902 – February 14, 1991) was an American businessman and politician who served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1961 to 1965, during the height of the Cold War.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "DCI John McCone Creates the Directorate of Science and Technology". Archived from the original on September 2, 2009.

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