Office of the Director of Central Intelligence. 1946- Organization Authority Record

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Office of the Director of Central Intelligence. 1946- Organization Authority Record

The Office of the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was not only head of the Central Intelligence Agency but also leader of the entire U.S. Intelligence Community. The following served as Directors of Central Intelligence: Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, January 23 - June 10, 1946; Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, June 10, 1946 - May 1, 1947; Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, May 1, 1947 - October 7, 1950; General Walter Bedell Smith, October 7, 1950 - February 9, 1953; Allen W. Dulles, February 26, 1953 - November 29, 1961; John A. McCone, November 29, 1961 - April 28, 1965; Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr., April 28, 1965 - June 30, 1966; Richard M. Helms, June 30, 1966 - February 2, 1973; James R. Schlesinger, February 2 - July 2, 1973; William E. Colby, September 4, 1973 - January 30, 1976; George H.W. Bush, January 30, 1976 - January 20, 1977; Admiral Stansfield Turner, March 9, 1977 - January 20, 1981; William J. Casey, January 28, 1981 - January 29, 1987; William H. Webster, May 26, 1987 - August 31, 1991; Robert M. Gates, November 6, 1991 - January 20, 1993; R. James Woolsey, February 5, 1993 - January 10, 1995; John M. Deutsch, May 10, 1995 - December 15, 1996; George J. Tenet, July 11, 1997 - July 11, 2004; and John E. McLaughlin (acting), July 11, 2004 -. Porter Goss was named as the next DCI in August 2004.

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Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954

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Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. Vandenberg was born at Milwaukee, Wis., in 1899. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy June 12, 1923, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Service. He graduated from the Air Service Flying School at Brooks Field, Texas, in February 1924, and from the Air Service Advanced F...