Born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1918, Arnold Sagalyn graduated from Oberlin College and the Graduate Institute of International Studies at Geneva, Switzerland. In 1961, Mr. Sagalyn was appointed Director of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Law Enforcement Coordination where he was responsible for the coordination of criminal investigative activities of the Bureau of Narcotics. Sagalyn became the Treasury Representative to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, commonly known as the Crime Commission in 1965. Sagalyn served as associate public safety director of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, commonly known as the Kerner Commission (1967) and US representative to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (1961-1967). He was Senior Vice President of Interpol from 1962 to 1965. As founder and president of Security Planning Corporation, Mr. Sagalyn consulted on a wide range of crime prevention and security projects for major private corporations and governmental agencies, including FEMA and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
From the description of Arnold Sagalyn Papers, 1961-2004. 1961-2004. (American University). WorldCat record id: 720330626
