Carter, Marshall S. (Marshall Sylvester), 1909-1993

Marshall S. Carter was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He was born on September 16, 1909, at Fort Monroe, Virginia and was the son of Brigadier General Clifton Carter. He graduated from West Point in 1931 and earned a Masters Degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936. During World War II, he served in the Logistics Group of the War Department General Staff and as Deputy Chief of Staff in the China Theater of Operations. In 1946, he became an aide to General George C. Marshall, who was then a Special Envoy to China. Also served as Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Continental Air Defense Command, Head of the North American Air Defense Command, Chief of Staff of the 8th Army in Korea, and commander of the Army Air Defense Center at Fort Bliss, Texas. Served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1962 to 1965; Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) from 1965 to 1969; left government service in 1969; and served as President of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation until 1985. General Carter died of cancer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on February 18, 1993.