THE OFFICER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2009
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• Publication Date: August 6, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
FROM: Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: The Officer-in-Residence Program at Colleges
and Universities
1. As you probably are aware, with the assignment of
-- former Director of Training and Education -- to the Institute for
the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University's School of Foreign
Service, the Central Intelligence Agency has launched its Senior
Officer-in-Residence Program for the Academic Year 1985-86. Modeled
on the State Department's Ambassador-in-Residence Program, though
far less ambitious, the officer-in-Residence Program is designed to:
- Assist Agency staff recruiting efforts by placing in
selected schools experienced officers who can spot promising
career candidates, can counsel students as to career
opportunities, and can use their knowledge and experience to
address questions or concerns students may have regarding
the Agency.
- Encourage the study and knowledge of the intelligence
profession through participating in seminars, courses and
research.
- Afford senior officers a year or two to recharge their
intellectual batteries in an academic setting by teaching in
an area of academic or work-related expertise.
2. Officers enrolled in the program remain staff employees of
the Central Intelligence Agency and their continuing association
with the Agency is acknowledged openly by any school to which they
are seconded. While continuing to pay their salaries, the Agency
will defray relocation and housing costs and is prepared to
reimburse participating schools for whatever expenses result from
administrative overhead. While on a campus, the officers in the
program are accountable for their teaching duties and research to
the administrative and academic authorities of the respective
colleges and universities. As pointed out above, it is our desire
that in addition to teaching and engaging in research relevant to
Agency interests these officers will serve as role models --
prompting the students with whom they associate to consider a career
in intelligence.
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SUBJECT: The Officer-in-Residence Program at Colleges
and Universities
3. The Directors of Personnel and Training and I look upon the
nascent Officer-in-Residence Program as integral to our efforts to
forge an executive development program and as an adjunct to the
Senior Intelligence Officer Sabbatical Program. Although that
program offers people enrolled in it other opportunities as well,
the Officer-in-Residence Program can be a means of challenging our
managers with an opportunity to "retool" and hone their professional
skills before returning to a meaningful and challenging assignment
with the Agency.
4. I hope that you will support the Officer-in-Residence
Program, and identify men and women who can benefit by participating
in it. We have had positive responses from six schools:
Georgetown --
Clemson -- no candidate
University of Texas -- no candidate
University of Illinois (Chicago) -- no candidate
Texas A&M -- no candidate
Winston-Salem -- no candidate
Do you have any candidates for these schools? Or candidates
for other possible university openings, which we could pursue?
5. We have made a modest beginning; the expressions of interest
that we have received from the colleges and universities learning
about the program suggest that a real opportunity awaits us. (See
attachments -- letters of interest from five universities.) I count
on your support and participation.
y E. F' ,pfdater
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SUBJECT: The Officer-in-Residence Program at Colleges
and Universities
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HE
ST ROM THURMOND
!NST!TU?E
July 2, 1985
Mr. Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Mr. Fitzwater:
Thank you for your letter of June 11, 1985 providing further
information on your Central Intelligence Agency Officer-In-
Residence program.
I have been directed by our Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs, Dr. W. David Maxwell, to indicate to you rather
widespread interest on our campus, among the many colleges and
departments, in taking advantage of this program. In fact, since
several of our academic colleges have expressed the same interest,
I cannot at this time narrow sufficiently the fields among which
we might request participation in your program. They range from
engineering through history and encompass nine colleges: Agriculture,
Commerce and Industry, Engineering, Architecture and Planning Studies,
Sciences, Liberal Arts, Nursing, Education, and Forest and Recreation
Resources.
To give you a better understanding of Clemson University and
our academic offerings, I am enclosing herewith a copy of our current
Clemson University Announcements. If you have officers designated
for this program already who would have an interest in any of these
areas or if certain of your officers might be interested in such a
choice of possible opportunities, we could discuss this further with
you.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to following
up this inquiry and expression of interest in your residency program.
Singerely,
Horace W. Fleming
Director
xc: Dr. W. David Maxwell
Provost
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STROMTHURMOND
INSTITUTE
April 8, 1985
Director of Training and Education
Office of Personnel
Central Intelligence Agency
McLean, Virginia
Mr. Al Mathiasen, Director of Placement at Clemson University,
has told me of your program to allow staff of the Agency a 'one-year
tenure on college campuses. Mr. Mathiasen had learned of this new
programs during a conference he attended at the CIA during the week
of April .1.
I am interested in learning more of the details of this program
and, in particular, what type of persons from the Agency would par-
ticipate. There probably would be other departments and divisions
of Clemson University that would have an interest in pursuing such
a cooperative relationship with you, and we would appreciate knowing
how we could qualify to participate.
Thank you for your assistance.
xc: W. David Maxwell
Provost
Al Math i.asen
Director of Placement
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STAT
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Drainer Y ? University Station ? Austin, Texas 78713-7450-[phone]
April 10, 1985
Director of Training and Education
Central Intelligence Agency
P. 0. Box 1925
Washington, DC 20013
Our placement coordinator, Mrs. Sally Nelson, briefed me on the CIA Placement
Directors Conference last week. Among other items, she mentioned the possibility
of developing a "senior officer on campus" program that would be similar to the
Ambassador on Campus program of the Department of State. I believe she gave you
a copy of our 1985 Student Resume Book, which describes our program and our student
body, and indicated possible interest on the part of the School in such a program.
We were fortunate to be able to participate in the Department of State program
and found it of value. We would like to explore the possibilites for developing
a similar program with the Central Intelligence Agency and would like to receive
more information. Of course, such a program would need to be assessed by our
faculty, as would any teaching/research proposal.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Max Sherman
Dean
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TIC
UMVERSITY
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO
STAT
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (M/C 105)
Box 4348, Chicago, Illinois 60680
[phone]
May 7, 1985
c/o Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
STAT
I have recently become aware of the Agency's "faculty in residence"
program wherein Directorate personnel are made available to universities
for assignment as visiting professors.
I would appreciate receiving any information you may have available
on this program.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Ric M. Johnson
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STAT
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77843-1248
Office of the
DEAN OF FACULTIES AND ASSOCIATE PROVOST
Telephone [phone]
Mr. Harry E. Fitzwater
Deputy Director for Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
August 1, 1985
I am writing in response to your letter of last month asking for an
expression of our interest in a Central Intelligence Agency Officer-In-
Residence-Program here at Texas A&M University. As a result of your
letter, I polled the deans of our various colleges to get an expression of
interest. Attached is a summary of the comments received from them. Some
said merely that they were interested in pursuing the matter; others were
more specific. In any event, there is some considerable interest and so we
are most anxious to pursue this matter further.
I am not sure how we should proceed from here. It would be ideal if
you or one of your associates could visit with us and discuss the various
opportunities with our deans. Please let me know'if you would like to do
this. I would be pleased to handle arrangements here. Alternatively, you
may prefer to contact directly the deans who have expressed an interest.
Should you wish to pursue the latter route, I am attaching a list of the
names and addresses of the interested deans.
Please be assured we are definitely interested in discussing your pro-
gram in greater detail and look forward to developing mutually beneficial
arrangments.
Sincerely,
cc: Pr. Gordon P. Eaton
fh-. William H. Mobley
Dr. Herbert Richardson
I)r. Melvin Friedman
I)r. John P. Fackler
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Clinton A. Phillips
Dean of Faculties and
Associate Provost
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Business Administration
Yes. Foresee following possibilities:
1. Participate in the research activities in our new Center for Inter-
national Business Studies. Assist us in identifying appropriate
information sources, develop appropriate data bases, assist with on-
going research activities.
2. Teach a course or seminar in international business and/or inter-
national business and public policy, and/or international finance
and/or information systems.
3. Give periodic presentations to our various student organizations.
4. Give periodic faculty development seminars in the officer's area of
expertise.
Engineering
Good idea but would not be able to use this coming year, maybe next year.
The departments of the College of Science are willing to participate in the
CIA Officer in Residence Program if individuals are available with the
proper academic credentials. The programs of this college probably are not
of direct interest to the CIA, however, certain research prefects may have
s(xn2 appeal. These include the efforts in the Mathematics Ik~partmenf. in
developing mathematical foundations of ciphers, the data compression work
in the Statistics Department, and applied science endeave,rs in mater?i,ils.
"Thus, this college wi l l ccx)perate to the extent possible.
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Dr. William H. Mobley
Dean
Obllege of Business Administration
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843
Dr. Herbert Richardson
Dean of Engineering and Vice Qhancellor for Engineering
Texas A&M University
College station,, Texas 77843
Dr. Melvin Friedm n
Dean
College of Geosciences
Texas A94 University
College Station, Texas 77843
Dr. John P. Fackler
Dean
College of Science
Texas MM University
College Station, Texas 77843
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Office of the Vice Chancdbq
for Academic Affair
July 11, 1985
Mr. Harry E. Fitzwater
Director of Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
95-2'(77
Dear Mr. Fitzwater:
Pursuant to a conversation with Mrs. Sandra Sosnik, our
Placement Director, I am requesting additional information
regarding the University's participation in the Intelligence
Officer-in-Residence Program.
Some comment is required with respect to our program needs
in mathematics/computer science. During the past academic
year, the University updated its Academic Computing Plan to
include projections for instructional improvement and the
recruitment of qualified faculty and staff. The intense
competition for specialized personnel has stymied our efforts
in this regard and recruitment has been difficult and largely
unproductive. Thus our interest is to pursue alternative
staffing that will assist us in the interim while retraining
faculty and continuing to seek permanent faculty.
In this regard, our mutual association with part-time and
on-loan faculty from business and industry has benefited our
students tremendously. We are therefore interested in
securing a faculty member in Computer Science from your
agency.
I would be pleased to determine whether this is possible and
have enclosed as further information a copy of our Academic
Computer Plan.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Collie B. Coaaum
Acting Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs
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