Ronald L. Burgess, Jr.
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| Birth name | Ronald Lee Burgess, Jr. |
| Born |
September 16, 1952 Jacksonville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1974–2012 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant General
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Lieutenant General Ronald Lee Burgess, Jr., USA (born September 16, 1952) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. His last military assignment was as the 17th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and Commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JFCC-ISR). Prior to that, he was Director of the Intelligence Staff in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
From August 2005 to May 2007 he was the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Customer Outcomes (Requirements).
On May 17, 2007, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced that LTG Burgess had been nominated to be the Director of the Intelligence Staff (DIS) for the Office of the DNI. While the DIS position does not require Senate confirmation, it does require the Senate Armed Services Committee to confirm Burgess' 3-Star Rank as the DIS.
After the resignation of Gen. Michael Hayden as Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Burgess was selected by President George W. Bush in June 2006 to fill the position in an acting capacity until October 2007. During this time, he was still serving at the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Customer Outcomes (Requirements) and transitioned to the Director of the Intelligence Staff. He served as the Acting Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence for a second time from January 2009 to February 2009.
Burgess was commissioned in Military Intelligence through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in 1974. He graduated from high school in Opelika, Alabama, then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Auburn University in 1974, a Master of Science degree in Education from the University of Southern California in 1980, and a Master of Military Arts and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 1986. While attending Auburn University he was a brother in the Beta Zeta chapter of Theta Xi and served as the Chapter President from 1973 to 1974.
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