Richard James Kerr
Richard James Kerr | |
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| Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| In office March 20, 1989 – March 2, 1992 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Gates |
| Succeeded by | Bill Studeman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 4, 1935 |
| Education | University of Oregon (B.A.) |
Richard James Kerr (born October 4, 1935) was Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1989 to 1992.
He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He received a B.A. in history from the University of Oregon and started graduate work there too.[1] Kerr had a 32-year career with the CIA which included involvement in the retaliatory bombing raids against Libya in 1986[2] and culminated with key roles in managing U.S. intelligence related to the near nuclear stand-off between India and Pakistan in 1990[3] and the attempted coup against Boris Yeltsin in August, 1991.[4]
In 1991, Kerr was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George H. W. Bush.[5]
From 1996 to 2002, "Dick" Kerr also served on the Board of Directors for the Aegis Research Corporation of Rosslyn and later Falls Church, Virginia.[6] He continues to serve on corporate boards and is a compliance observer of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
References
[edit]- ^ "Richard James Kerr". CIA. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Prados, John, President's Secret Wars, CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II through IRANSCAM, New York, Quill, 1986, 385.
- ^ Andrew, Christopher, For the President's Eyes Only, Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush, New York: HarperCollins Publishing, 1995, 516.
- ^ Andrew, Christopher, For the President's Eyes Only, Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush, New York: HarperCollins Publishing, 1995, 530.
- ^ Pfiffner, James P.; Phythian, Mark (22 September 2017). Intelligence and National Security Policymaking on Iraq: British and American Perspectives. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781603440677 – via Google Books.
- ^ Billigmeier, Scott & Glabus, Ed, From World War II to Desert Storm, Perspectives on Military Intelligence, Officer Review magazine, June 1998, 2-5.
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