HONOR

Awarded by the President of the United States to any individual "for distinguished achievement or outstanding contribution on or after 26 July 1947, in the field of intelligence relating to the national security."

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James R. Clapper	Military	c. 1941		Director of National Intelligence
Wild Bill Donovan	Government	1-Jan-1883	8-Feb-1959	Founded the OSS
Diana Lady Dougan	Diplomat	13-Jan-1943		Former US Ambassador
Robert F. Ellsworth	Politician	11-Jun-1926	9-May-2011	Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
William Friedman	Scientist	24-Sep-1891	12-Nov-1969	Cryptography pioneer
Robert M. Gates	Government	25-Sep-1943		US Secretary of Defense, 2006-11
Richard Helms	Government	30-Mar-1913	22-Oct-2002	CIA Director, 1966-73
J. Edgar Hoover	Government	1-Jan-1895	2-May-1972	Director of the FBI, 1924-72
Bobby Ray Inman	Military	4-Apr-1931		Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director
Kelly Johnson	Engineer	27-Feb-1910	21-Dec-1990	Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer
William F. Raborn	Government	8-Jun-1905	6-Mar-1990	CIA Director 1965-66
James R. Schlesinger	Government	15-Feb-1929		Served Nixon, Ford, Carter
Brent Scowcroft	Government	19-Mar-1925		National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB
William O. Studeman	Military	16-Jan-1940		NSA Director, 1988-92
Stansfield Turner	Government	1-Dec-1923		CIA Director, 1977-81
William Webster	Government	6-Mar-1924		FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91

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