John A. McCone

John A. McCone
6th Director of Central Intelligence
In office
November 29, 1961 – April 28, 1965
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon 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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