Stansfield Turner | |
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12th Director of Central Intelligence | |
In office March 9, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
President | Jimmy Carter |
Deputy | E. Henry Knoche John F. Blake Frank Carlucci |
Preceded by | George H. W. Bush |
Succeeded by | William J. Casey |
37th President of the Naval War College | |
In office June 30, 1972 – August 9, 1974 | |
Preceded by | Benedict J. Semmes Jr. |
Succeeded by | Julien LeBourgeois |
Personal details | |
Born | Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. | December 1, 1923
Died | January 18, 2018 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | (aged 94)
Resting place | United States Naval Academy Cemetery[1] |
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Education | Amherst College United States Naval Academy (BS) Exeter College, Oxford (BA) |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1946–1978 |
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Commands | USS Conquest USS Rowan USS Horne U.S. Second Fleet Allied Forces Southern Europe |
Battles/wars | Korean War Vietnam War |
Stansfield M. Turner (December 1, 1923 – January 18, 2018) was a United States Navy admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College. He was a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy.
Turner was born on December 1, 1923 in Highland Park, Illinois. He studied at Amherst College, at the United States Naval Academy, and at Exeter College, Oxford. He was a Christian Scientist.[2] Turner died in Seattle, Washington on January 18, 2018 at the age of 94.[3]