Stansfield Turner
United States Navy admiral, Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College (1923–2018)
Stansfield M. Turner (December 1, 1923 – January 18, 2018) was a United States Navy admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College. He was a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy.
Stansfield Turner | |
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| 12th Director of Central Intelligence | |
| In office March 9, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Deputy | E. Henry Knoche John F. Blake Frank Carlucci |
| Preceded by | George H. W. Bush |
| Succeeded by | William J. Casey |
| 37th President of the Naval War College | |
| In office June 30, 1972 – August 9, 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Benedict J. Semmes Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Julien LeBourgeois |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1, 1923 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2018 (aged 94) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Resting place | United States Naval Academy Cemetery[1] |
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| Education | Amherst College United States Naval Academy (BS) Exeter College, Oxford (BA) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  U.S. Navy |
| Years of service | 1946–1978 |
| Rank |  Admiral |
| Commands | USS Conquest USS Rowan USS Horne U.S. Second Fleet Allied Forces Southern Europe |
| Battles/wars | Korean War Vietnam War |
Turner was born on December 1, 1923 in Highland Park, Illinois. He studied at Amherst College, at the United States Naval Academy, and at Exeter College, Oxford. He was a Christian Scientist.[2] Turner died in Seattle, Washington on January 18, 2018 at the age of 94.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Stansfield Turner obituary".
- ↑ Margolick, David (August 6, 1990). "In Child Deaths, a Test for Christian Science; Faith vs. the Law; A special report". The New York Times. p. A2.
- ↑ Shapiro, T. Rees (January 18, 2018). "Adm. Stansfield Turner, who led major CIA overhaul as director of central intelligence, dies at 94". Washington Post. Washingotn, DC. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
Other websites
change- Prepared Statement before Congress on MKULTRA Archived 2006-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Testimony before Congress on MKULTRA, Part 1 Archived 2006-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Testimony before Congress on MKULTRA, Part 2 Archived 2006-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview on the Iranian Arms Scandal from the Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives
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