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Latest revision as of 11:09, 7 May 2023

Person.png Lyman Kirkpatrick  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, academic)
Lyman Kirkpatrick.png
BornLyman Bickford Kirkpatrick
July 15, 1916
Rochester, New York, US
DiedMarch 3, 1995 (Age 78)
Alma materDeerfield Academy, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
SpouseRita Kirkpatrick
Member ofOffice of Strategic Services
CIA Inspector General who wrote report was highly critical of Allan Dulles. Kirkpatrick would later write that he believed the report cost him "a fighting chance at the directorship."

Employment.png Professor of Political Science

In office
1965 - 1982
EmployerBrown University
Former Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Employment.png Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

In office
April 1962 - 1965
The first holder of this position

Employment.png Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency

In office
1953 - 1961
Appointed byAllen Dulles
Appointment date slightly uncertain

Lyman Kirkpatrick was an American spook and academic.

Career

During WW2, Lyman Kirkpatrick worked for the Office of Strategic Services. Later he joined the CIA.

Bay of pigs Report

Allen Dulles as CIA Director asked Lyman Kirkpatrick, then CIA Inspector General, to wrote a report about the Bay of Pigs invasion. The report was highly critical of Dulles, concluding that he had failed to keep Eisenhower or John F. Kennedy accurately informed. Kirkpatrick later wrote that he believed that report cost him “a fighting chance at the directorship.” Dulles destroyed all but a single copy of the report, which remained locked away until 1998, when it was declassified and released to the public. [1]

Executive Director

He was Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in December 1964.[2]

Academic

In 1965, Kirkpatrick left the CIA to become a professor of political science at Brown University. In addition to lecturing and teaching, he served as president of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, and was a member of the board of directors of the Naval War College and the Defense Intelligence College.

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References

  1. Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, 2007, p.206.
  2. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v33/d218