OBITUARIES - EDWARD S. CATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00587R000100010052-5
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: August 6, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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OBPfUARIES
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EDWARD S. GATES,
59, a retired deputy director of the
Office of Research and Develop-
ment at the Central Intelligence
Agency, died Aug. 3 at Common-
wealth Hospital in Fairfax after a
heart attack.
Mr. Cates, who lived in Fairfax
City, was born in Burlington, N.C.
He graduated from the University
of Virginia and received a master's
degree there in agricultural eco-
nomics. During World War II he
served in the Navy.
In 1950, he moved to the Wash-
ington area and went to work for
the Agriculture Department. In
1953, he transferred to the C[A. In
the course of his career he was as-
signed to the Office of Training and
to various other parts of the agency
before moving to the Office of Re-
search and Development.
He received the Distinguished In-
telligence Medal in 1982, the Na-
tional Intelligence Medal of
Achievement in 1980 and a certif-
icate of commendation in the
1960s.
Mr. Cates was a Mason and a
member of the International Coun-
try Club.
Survivors include his wife, Chris-
tine H. Cates of Fairfax City; three
children, Mary Beth Lucas of Chan-
tilly, Va., Carolyn C. Saleski of Co-
lumbia, Md., and E. Scott Cates of
Midland, Va., and two grandchil-
dren.
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