*** Welcome to piglix ***

James Woolsey

Jim Woolsey
James Woolsey 2015.jpg
16th Director of Central Intelligence
In office
February 5, 1993 – January 10, 1995
President Bill Clinton
Deputy Bill Studeman
Preceded by Bob Gates
Succeeded by John Deutch
Undersecretary of the Navy
In office
March 9, 1977 – December 7, 1979
President Jimmy Carter
Preceded by David Macdonald
Succeeded by Robert Murray
Personal details
Born Robert James Woolsey Jr.
(1941-09-21) September 21, 1941 (age 75)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Education Stanford University (BA)
St John's College, Oxford (MA)
Yale University (LLB)

Robert James "Jim" Woolsey Jr. (born September 21, 1941) is a national security and energy specialist and former Director of Central Intelligence who headed the Central Intelligence Agency from February 5, 1993, until January 10, 1995. A lawyer by training and trade, he held a variety of government positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including as Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union for five years in the 1980s. His career also included time as a professional lawyer, venture capitalist and investor in the private sector.

Woolsey was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Clyde (Kirby) and Robert James Woolsey, Sr. He graduated from Tulsa's Tulsa Central High School. In 1963, he received his BA from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa), and in 1965 his MA from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an LLB from Yale Law School in 1968.

Woolsey was founder and president of Yale Citizens for Eugene McCarthy for President from 1967 to 1968. He was prominently active in the anti-Vietnam War movement.

Woolsey has held important positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations. His influence has been felt during the administrations of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. He has also worked at the Shea & Gardner law firm, as Associate (1973–77) and partner (1979–89, 1991–93).


...
Wikipedia

...