William Colby

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Director of Central Intelligence human intelligence officer

William Colby was an American intelligence officer who became Director of Central Intelligence, overseeing the CIA during a turbulent period in the 1970s.

Aliases (1)

William E. Colby ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Director of Central Intelligence → human → intelligence officer →
appointedBy	Richard Nixon →
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal → Legion of Merit → Silver Star →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	drowning →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1920-01-04 →
dateOfDeath	1996-04-27 →
educatedAt	Columbia Law School → Princeton University →
employer	Central Intelligence Agency →
endTime	1976-01-30 →
familyName	Colby →
givenName	William →
knownFor	disclosure of CIA activities to Congress → oversight of CIA during 1970s reforms →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Office of Strategic Services →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
notableWork	Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA →
occupation	intelligence officer → lawyer →
participantIn	Phoenix Program → Vietnam War →
placeOfBirth	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Rock Point, Maryland, United States of America →
positionHeld	Chief of Station, Saigon → Deputy Director for Operations of the CIA → Director of Central Intelligence → Director of Central Intelligence Agency →
publisherOfWork	Simon & Schuster →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
replacedBy	George H. W. Bush →
replaces	James R. Schlesinger →
residence	Maryland → Washington, D.C. →
serviceNumber	United States Army officer →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Barbara Heinzen → Sally Shelton-Colby →
startTime	1973-09-04 →
subjectOf	Church Committee hearings →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Office of Strategic Services →	employed
Director of Central Intelligence ("William E. Colby") →	positionHeldBy