JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00418R000100260003-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: BIO

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Biographical Information On
John A. McCone
BORN:
EDUCATION:
January 4, 1902, San Francisco, Calif.
University of California, Berkeley,
B.A. (magna Cum Laude) Engineering, 1922
Member of Phi Kappa Sigma.
MARITAL STATUS: Married the former Rosemary Cooper,
June 21, 1938. She died December 1951. He married
his second wife, the former Theiline Pigott,
August 29, 1962.
PROFESSIONAL:
GOVERNMENT:
AWARDS:
Construction Engineer, Llewellyn iron Works;
Supt. Consolidated Steel Corp., 1929, Exec.
Vice Pres., Director, 1933-37; President,
organizer Rechtel-McCone Corp., enqrs.,
Los Angeles, 1937-45; President-Director
Cal. Shipbldg. Corp., 1941-46; President-
Director, Joshua Hendy Corp., 1945-58;
Chairman, 1958-69; Chairman Hendry Inter-
national Co. 1968; President Director Joshua
Hendy Iron Works, 1945-58; Director Pacific
Mutual Life Ins. Co., United Cal. Bank,
Standard Oil of Cal. Western Bancorp.
Presently on Board of Directors, ITT
Was a member of the Presidents' Air Policy
Committee, 1947-48; Deputy to Secretary of
Defense, 1948; was UnderSecretary USAF, 1950-51
Was Chairman of the US AEC, 1958-50; Director
of CIA 1961-65; served as Representative of
the U.S. Government to the Vatican on three
different occasions; was a member of General
Advisory Commission to Arms Control & Dis-
armament Agency (position ended with Ford
Administration).
Honorary degrees from University of California,
Notre Dame University, Fordham University, Clarkson
College of Technology, and Catholic University
of America. In 1955 Pope Pius XII made him a
Knight of St. Gregory; in 1956 he awarded McCone
the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester.
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CIVIC AFFAIRS: Was one of the founders and the first
President of the Los Angeles World Affairs
Council, established in 1954.
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JOHN ALEX McCONE
(DCI - 29 November 1961 - 28 April 1965)
Retired from Government service at the time he left CIA.
Returned to San Mareno, California, and returned to the manage-
ment of his own firm, Joshua Hendy Co.
Until the end of the Ford Administration, served as a member
of the General Advisory Commission to the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency.
Board of Directors of ITT
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JOHN ALEX McCONE
(DCI - 29 November 1961 - 28 April 1965)
Retired from Government service at the time he left CIA.
Returned to San Mareno, California, and returned to the manage-
ment of his own firm, Joshua Hendy Co.
Until the end of the Ford Administration, served as a member
of the General Advisory Commission to the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency.
Board of Directors of ITT
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tioGJN , John A., business exec; b.. San Francisco, Calif.,
Jan. 4, 1902; s. (Alexander J. and Mar ;aret (%nrig it FicC;
student en;;rintj. U. Cal,; ri, hose iary CooperV June 21, 1935.
Began as constrn. engr. Lle.vellyn Iron Works; superintendent
Consolidated Steel Corp., 1929, executive v.p. and director,
1933-37; pres. and organizer Bechtel-MeCone Corp., engrs.,
Los Angeles, 1937-45; pres., dir. Cal. Shipbldg. Corp., 1941-46,
Joshua iiendy Corp., Joshua Bendy Iron Works, 1945-; director
of the California Bank of Los Angeles, i?acific Mutual Life
Insurance Company, Industrial Indemnity Co. Mem.Presidentt s
Air Policy Commn., 1947-43; dep. to Sec. of Defense, i4ar.-Nov.
1943; under sec. U.S.A.F., 1950-51. ?fem. Phi Kappa Sigma Clubs;
California, Los Angeles Country (Los Angeles); Pacific Union
(San Francisco); Burning Tree, Metropolitan, F. Street
(Washington); The Links, (Deepdale, N.Y.) ; Blind Brook (N. Y.C.);
Cypress Point (Pebble Beach). dome: 1100 Oak Grove Av,,
San Marino 5, Calif. Office: 612 S. Flower St., Los Angeles 17.
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