William Colby
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican intelligence agent (1920-1996)
United StatesLived 1920 to 1996 · aged 76Fame53.7
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William Egan Colby was an American intelligence officer who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976. During World War II, Colby served with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war, he joined the newly created Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Colby in the Princeton University yearbook, 1940
Major William Colby (front left) & the Norwegian Special Operations Group parading in Trondheim on the 17th of May 1945.
Director of Central Intelligence William Colby discusses the situation in Vietnam with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Deputy Assistant For National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft during a break in a meeting of the National Security Council, 04/24/1975
William Colby, Director of Central Intelligence, briefs President Gerald Ford and his senior advisors on the deteriorating situation in Vietnam, April 28, 1975. (clockwise, left to right) Colby; Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State; Henry Kissinger; President Ford; James R. Schlesinger, Defense Secretary; William Clements, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Vice President Rockefeller; and General George S. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
William Colby, outgoing Director of Central Intelligence, with President Ford and incoming DCI George Bush, 1975.Awards 2
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Lived 1920 to 1996 · aged 76
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