LETTER TO ROBERT M. GATES FROM JANOS RADVANYI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G00720R000701020012-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 30, 1988
• Content Type: LETTER

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Lida K. Barrett,
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,
MSU
Wendell 11. Cook, Jr.,
Partner,
Wells, Wells, Marble and Hurst
General Pierre M. Gallois,
French Air Force (ret.)
Birney Imes, Jr.,
Editor and Publisher,
Columbus Commercial Dispatch
Stuart C. Irby, Jr.,
Chairman of the Board,
Irby Construction Company
Larry L. Johnson,
General Manager,
South Central Bell
Paul LAtture, Jr.,
Executive Vice President,
Jackson Chamber of Commerce
Jean C. Lindsey,
Managing Partner,
Brandon Petroleum Properties
Andrew W. Marshall,
Director, NET Assessment,
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Hugh McGowan, Jr.,
Secretary, National Strategy
Information Center, Inc.
Peter Mende,
Minister Counsellor,
Press and Public Affairs,
Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany
Gillespie V. Montgomery,
U.S. House of Representatives
Select Ota,
President/Chief Executive Officer,
Toho Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Tokyo
Ralph E. Powe,
Vice President for Research, MSU
ER, Robinson, Jr.,
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer,
Deposit Guaranty National Bank
Tom B. Scott, Jr.,
President, Chief Executive Officer,
Unifirst Federal Savings and Loan
Association
General Louis H. Wilson,
US. Marine Corps (ret.)
Donald W. Zacharias,
President, MSU
Dr. Janos Radvanyi, Director, CISS
Colonel Charles W. Bond,
USAF, Ret.
Project Coordinator, CISS
Catherine S. Vellake,
Assistant to the Director, CISS
March 30, 1988
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and Strategic Studies
Mississippi State University
Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director,
The Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505 -
Dear Mr. Gates:
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I deeply appreciate your acceptance of our invitation to
address our Executive Lecture Forum in Jackson, Mississippi,
and visit our University.
In Jackson, fou will meet a group of Mississippi's most
influential busines and civic leaders along with a number of
people from the academic community. I believe you will find
the audience knowledgeable, inquisitive and eager to hear
your views on our national intelligence functions.
On campus, you will meet a joint student and faculty
audience interested in national security matters.
For your convenience, we have enclosed a tentative
program along with biographical sketches of some of those
with whom you will be meeting.
Again, thank you for finding the time for us in your
busy schedule. I look forward to meeting you in Jackson.
Sincerely,
MOS 1advanyi
Director
Enclosure
P.O. Drawer Y, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762 'Phone [phone]
Telex No. 53882, Cable Address: Centintsec
Fax No. [phone]
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Program
for
visit of
Mr. Robert M. Gates,
Deputy Director, The Central Intelligence Agency
April 20, 1988
11:00 a.m.
Arrive Jackson Municipal Airport (Miller Wills Terminal)
Met by Dr. Janos Radvanyi and Col. Charles Bond, USAF
(ret.).
Driven to Radisson Walthall Hotel by CIA Limo.
11:25 a.m. Arrive Radisson Walthall Hotel - Courtesy roam available.
12:00 noon Executive Lecture Forum Luncheon. Lunch followed by
remarks by Mr. Gates: "Traditional Functions of National
Intelligence." (Approximately :20 remarks followed by :10
to :15 question and answer period).
1:45 p.m.
Depart Jackson Municipal Airport (Miller Wills Terminal)
for olden Triangle Regional Airport. Dr. Radvanyi and Col.
Bond will accompany if possible.
2:15 p.m Arrive Golden Triangle Regional Airport. Driven by CIA
Limo to campus of Mississippi State University.
2:40 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Arrive Mississippi State University campus, Simrall
Engineering Building. Go to office of Dr. Billie J. Ball,
Head of Electrical Engineering Department. Meet with Dr.
Ball and Dr. Ralph E. Power, Vice President for Research,
who will introduce Mr. Gates at the lecture.
Lecture to audience of students, faculty and others at
Simrall Auditorium. "Traditional Functions of National
Intelligence".
4:00 p.m. Reception (Following lecture) in lobby of Simrall
Auditorium.
4:45 p.m. Depart Simrall Engineering Building.
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Donald W. Zacharias
President
Mississippi State University
Dr. Donald W. Zacharias became the 15th president of
Mississippi State University on September 1, 1985. Since then he
has overseen a restructuring of the university's administration
with the appointment of four new vice presidents, including the
institution's first provost. He also has implemented procedures
to bring increased involvement by the faculty, students and
alumni to the decision-making processes of the university, and
has become one of Mississippi's leading spokesmen for higher
education.
Dr. Zacharias received the Ph.D. in communication from
Indiana University in 1963, and continues to produce scholarly
articles in his academic field. A recently completed article on
the principles of designing an ideal university communication
system is the latest entry in a lengthy record of publications.
He continued to teach while serving as president at Western
Kentucky, and taught a course in communication and group
leadership in the Communication Department at Mississippi State
last year.
He currently serves on two major committees of the National
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges--the
Commission on Arts and Sciences and the Subcommittee on Federal
Student Financial Assistance.
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Dr. Zacharias came to Mississippi State from Western Kentucky
University in Bowling Green, where he had served as president for
six years, from 1979 to 1985. At Western Kentucky, he raised
academic standards, led the development of a strategic plan,
established the first comprehensive development program, and
reorganized the academic structure of the university.
Earlier, he was for five years an administrator in the
University of Texas system, serving as executive assistant to the
chancellor of the 14-campus statewide system and as assistant to
the president at the Austin campus.
He was associate profefsor and professor of communication at
the University of Texas at Austin from 1972 to 1979, and a
faculty member at Indiana University before that. He won
teaching awards at both universities.
Dr. Zacharias received the B.A. degree from Georgetown
College, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law by that
Institution in 1983.
He is active in church and civic affairs and spends as much
time as possible with his wife, Tommie, and their three children.
Alan is in medical school, Eric is a student at Mississippi
State, and daughter Leslie is in high school.
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March 8, 1988
Ralph E. Powe
Vice President for Research
Mississippi State University
1. Native of Tylertown, Mississippi
2. Education
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1967
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1968
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Montana State University, 1970
3. Experience
1962-65 National Aqconautics and Space Administration, Wallops Island,
Virginia
1970-74 Montana State University/ Assistant Professor of Mechanical
Engineering
1974-.. Mississippi State University
1974 Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering
1978 Professor of Mechanical Engineering
1979 Associate Dean of Engineering
Director/ Mississippi Energy Research Center .
1980 Associate Vice President for Research
1986 Vice President for Research
4. Current Professional Positions
Senior Vice President/ American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Board of Directors, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
Board of Directors/ Tenn-Tom Development Council
Board of Directors, Oak Ridge Associate Universities
Board of Directors/ Southeastern Universities Research Association
Board of Directors/ Oktibbeha County Industrial Development Foundation
Board of Directors/ Starkville Area Chamber of Commerce
Chairman/ Advanced Energy Systems Division,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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5. Current Responsibilities
As Vice President for Research, Dr. Powe is responsible for the entire
research program at Mississippi State University outside the Division of
Agriculture. This research program is conducted through eight schools and
colleges, as well as several separately organized research institutes.
Funding for the program is in excess of $15 million annually. Dr. Powe
also coordinates economic development activities for the university.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
of
DR. JS RADVANYI
SYNOPSIS:
I am a Professor of History (PhD Stanford University) and Director of
the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies at Mississippi
State University, specializing in diplomatic history, Far Eastern and
Contemporary Soviet Studies, international Security Studies, and
international economics.
As a former diplomat, I received training in international law and
economics. My life-long experience extends into the following areas:
Analysis and evaluation of international political and economic
developments.
Research of topics in the international field with special
emphasis on the Soviet*Vnion, Eastern Europe, and East Asia.
High-level participation in economic negotiations.
As Ambassador of Hungary in the United States, political and
economic discussion at the highest level with the Department of
State and the White House.
Sixteen years teaching experience as a full professor and an
academic researcher; author of two major books and numerous
scholarly articles.
Affiliated member of the American and International Associations
for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, member of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, Academic
Associate of the Atlantic Council of the United States,
Washington, D.C., senior advisor to the Technology Applications
Program, Strategic Defense Initiative Program, U.S. Department
of Defense.
Lecturer to professional and academic groups and to the general
public.
Planning and implementation of the CISS various projects which
range from international security to economic development, with
a special emphasis on Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany.
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BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES W. BD
Charles W. Bond has been the Project Coordinator of the Center for
International Security and Strategic Studies since August 1987. Mr. Bond
joined the Center after retiring from the U.S. Air Force as a Colonel with
29 years active duty service.
Mr. Bond, a native Mississippian, received his B.S. Degree from the
United States Military Academy in 1958, and his Masters Degree in Public
Administration from Auburn Univwsity in 1975. He is a graduate of the
U.S. Air Force's Air War College.
Mr. Bond's Air Force career includes numerous operational assignments
as a pilot and command of several flying units as well as joint duties and
staff assignments. He served with the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, with staff responsibilities in
strategic and defense planning and execution. He flew rescue helicopters
in Vietnam in 1969-70 and commanded a heavy bombardment wing in the
Strategic Air Command from 1980-1982. His last duty assignment with the
Air Force was as Professor of Aerospace Studies and Department Head at
Mississippi State University.
Mr. Bond served as a senior fellow with the Center for four years
prior to assuming his present position. He is a member of the
International Institute of Strategic Studies, he teaches national security
related courses at the undergraduate level and is actively engaged in the
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planning and conducting of workshops and conferences on global security
matters.
He is a member of the Air Force Association and served for two years
as the Mississippi Air Force Association's Vice President for Aerospace
Education.
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