Jeffrey K. Harris | |
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Eleventh Director of the National Reconnaissance Office | |
In office 19 May 1994[1] – 26 Feb 1996 |
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President | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Martin C. Faga |
Succeeded by | Keith R. Hall |
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Born | June 28, 1953 White Plains, New York |
Jeffrey K. Harris (born June 28, 1953)[2] is an American aerospace executive who served as eleventh Director of the National Reconnaissance Office from 1994-1996.
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Harris graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology.[3] In 1978, he transferred from the National Photographic Intelligence Center to The Office of Development and Engineering.
Mr. Harris managed the integration of NRO programs into three functional directorates. He was a member of the R. James Woolsey panel that studied the future of NRO systems. He was a major proponent and architect of consolidating signals intelligence systems in a new partnership with the National Security Agency. Mr. Harris directed the CORONA program declassification and established a public affairs program.[4]
Harris and deputy director Jimmie D. Hall were dismissed in 1996 after losing track of more than $2 billion in classified money. Harris was replaced by Keith Hall.[5]
Harris was named President of the Space Systems-Missiles & Space Operations division of Lockheed Martin in 2001.[6]
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