Dennis C. Blair
US Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
retired US admiral
served in White House both:
- Carter admin
- Reagan admin
2009, elected as Obama DNI
resigned after bureaucratic battles 2010
Moved onto boards of:
- Freedom House
- National Bureau of Asian Research
- National Committee on US-China Relations
- Annual Pacific Energy Summit (co-chair)
Background:
6th generation naval officer
descendent of:
Confederate Chief Engineer
William Price Williamson of North Carolina
US Attorney-General William Wirt - ancestor
St. Andrew's School (Delaware)
co-educational boarding - Middletown, Delaware
founded 1929 by A. Felix du Pont (1879–1948)
/ fortune in chemical industry
Notable alumni
Bulent Atalay (1958) - Physicist and author
Cristina Stenbeck Fitzgibbons (1995)
Swedish-American businesswoman
Ruby Cramer (2008) - BuzzFeed News Political Writer
Roy Foster - Irish academic, educator and historical writer
John Seabrook (1976) - American author - journalist The New Yorker
William H. Whyte (1935) - Sociologist, author of The Organization Man
source | st andrews | here
1968 grad: US Naval Academy
classmates: classmate of Oliver North & James H. Webb
James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr.
former US Senator Virginia
Democratic Party
Stepped down from Presidential race Oct 2015
--> uncomfortable re party's political positions
--> considering running 2016 presidential as independent
Sec. Navy
Assist Sec. Defence for Reserve Affairs
US House Cttee Veterans' Affairs
Marine Corps officer
Emmy award winning journalist, filmmaker
author: x10 books
teacher literature: US Naval Academy
Fellow: Harvard Institute of Politics
son of US Air Force member
Father flew cargo 1948-1949 (Berlin Airlift)
pioneer in Air Force missile program
Commanding officer: squadron Vandenberg Air Force Base
near: Lompoc, California
missile testing base
mission of placing satellites into polar orbit
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