CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMPUTER SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87T00623R000300070041-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: March 24, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755
Serial: N0324
24 March 1981
PL 86-36
MEMORANDUM FOR FOR THE CHAIRMAN, DCI SECURITY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: Chairmanship of the Computer Security Subcommittee (U)
1. (U) I am pleased to nominate Mr. as the NSA candidate STAT
for the Chairmanship of the Computer Security Subcommittee, replacing
Mr. who recently retired from NSA. If selected this STAT
chairmanship would be considered as a primary duty for Mr. and he STAT
is prepared to make a full commitment to the active tion of the
goals and objectives of the committee. We offer Mr. for a two STAT
year assignment, at which time we would welcome the opportunity to participate
in selection of his replacement.
2. (C) At the present time Mr. is the Deputy Chief of the
Office of System Software under our Deputy Director for Computer and
Telecommunications Services. He has an outstanding career record in the
mathematics, computer, and training fields, as well as a background in
dynamic leadership and accomplishment through the committee process,
particularly in the technical and operational application of the computer
function. I believe Mr. would serve the DCI and the Intelligence
Community extremely well in trils capacity. CA brief sketch of his career
is enclosed.)
3. (FOUO) As you know, NSA has extensive involvement in computer
security actions and has recently been designated to establish and maintain
the DoD Computer Security Evaluation Center. With Mr. as the head
of the Computer Security Subcommittee this should enhance community-wide
compatibility of activities in this highly important field.
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impressive career in signals
and member of the
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has had an
as a mathematician
From 1962 to 1966
Air Force at NSA, he was involved in signal communication processing and
analysis emphasizing computer programming
techniques toward the solution
of speech problems. From 1966 to 1968, Mr.
was on special assignment
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as a Project Scientist in the Information
Sciences Directorate of the Air
Force Office of Scientific Research and was involved in evaluating a wide
variety of research in the Information Sciences being conducted in private
industry, educational institutions,
and other government agencies. After
joining NSA as a civilian in 1968,
Mr. was assigned to the National
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Cryptologic School until 1979
where he began as an instructor of computer
science and ultimately became the Deputy Chief of the Analysis, Design,
and Development Department of
the School. While assigned to the NCSch,
Mr. specialized in computer
and mathematics applications, particularly
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procedure-oriented algorithmic
languages, e.g., ALGOL. From 1970 to 1977,
he was head of the School's Computer Science Department and was responsible
for ensuring the total development and presentation
of computer science
computer operations, and mathematics courses.
Since early 1979 Mr.
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has served as the Deputy Chief of the Office of System Software, un er
the Deputy Director for Computer and Telecommunications Services.
(U) Mr. has a BS (University of Massachusetts) and MS
(University of Utah) in mathematics and has attained professional certi-
fication at NSA in the following career fields: mathematics, computer
systems analysis, cryptologic mathematics, and education and training.
He is author of a number of technical papers in those fields.
(U) In 1980 he received the NSA Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
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