Richard James Kerr

"Dick Kerr" redirects here. For the British engineering firm, see Dick, Kerr & Co..

Richard James Kerr (born October 4, 1935) was Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1991-1992.

He was born on Fort Smith, Arkansas. Kerr had a 32 year career with the CIA which included involvement in the retaliatory bombing raids against Libya in 1986[1] and culminated with key roles in managing U.S. intelligence related to the near nuclear stand-off between India and Pakistan in 1990[2] and the attempted coup against Boris Yeltsin in August, 1991.[3]

In 1991, Kerr was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George H. W. Bush.[4]

From 1996 to 2002, "Dick" Kerr also served on the Board of Directors for the Aegis Research Corporation of Rosslyn and later Falls Church, Virginia.[5] He continues to serve on corporate boards and is a compliance observer of the 1998 Belfast Agreement.

References

  1. ↑ Prados, John, President's Secret Wars, CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II through IRANSCAM, New York, Quill, 1986, 385.
  2. ↑ Andrew, Christopher, For the President's Eyes Only, Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush, New York: HarperCollins Publishing, 1995, 516.
  3. ↑ Andrew, Christopher, For the President's Eyes Only, Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush, New York: HarperCollins Publishing, 1995, 530.
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  5. ↑ Billigmeier, Scott & Glabus, Ed, From World War II to Desert Storm, Perspectives on Military Intelligence, Officer Review magazine, June 1998, 2-5.

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