LESLIE C. DIRKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP93B01137R000400020069-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 69
• Content Type: BIO

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/06/29: CIA-RDP93B01137R000400020069-7
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
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LESLIE C. DIRKS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
? Mr. Dirks was born on 7 March 1936 in New Ulm, Minnesota. In 1958 he
received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Following graduation from MIT he attended Oxford
University as a Rhodes Scholar receiving a B. Sc. in physics in 1960.
During the period 1956-58, while a student at MIT, Mr. Dirks worked as a
researcher and analyst for Raytheon Mfg. Company, Ewen Knight Corp., and
Edgerton, Germes and Grier. He also worked part-time as a mathematics
instructor for the University of Maryland Overseas Program, England, while
attending Oxford University. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1960, Mr. Dirks
was employed as a physics instructor at Phillips. Academy, Andover,
Massachusetts.
Mr. Dirks joined the Agency in August 1961 as a physical science
intelligence officer in the Office of Scientific Intelligence. In 1964 he was
named Chief, Special Projects Staff, where he was responsible for translating
USIB requirements into hardware developmental programs. In 1966 Mr. Dirks.
was made a staff chief in the Office of Special Projects, with responsibilities for
systems analysis and design of intelligence collection systems and for liaison
with intergovernmental technical panels. In 1966 he was awarded the Intelli-
gence Medal of Merit in recognition of his outstanding performance with OSP.
Mr. Dirks was appointed Deputy Director of Special Projects in 1971. In
1973 OSP was redesignated the Office of Development and Engineering
(OD & E) and in March of that year Mr. Dirks was named Director, OD & E. Ir.
June 1976 he. was appointed the Deputy Director for Science and Technology.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/06/29: CIA-RDP93B01137R000400020069-7