WILLIAM E. COLBY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00418R000100060006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: BIO

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1. Surname
Colby
3. Titles/Academic Degrees
B.A. $ LL.B.
Elbridge
Margaret (Egan)
9. Number of Sons/Daughters
3 sons, 2 daughters
2. First or Christian, Names
William Egan
4. Date' of Birth '-" 5. Place of Birth
Jan S 1920 St. Paul, Minn.
6. Nationality
American
8. Marriage (Year and Names)
Barbara Heinzen
Sept. 15, 1945
10. Profession /Occupation
Government official and attorney
11. Education
B.A., Princeton, 1940 Member 'Phi Beta Kappa
LL.B., Columbia U. Law School, 1947
12. Short Biographical Note
(State year you assumed and relinquished principal positions)
Served to maj. AUS, 1941-45
Admitted to N.Y. State Bar, 1947
Atty. Donovan Leisure Newton'E Irvine, NYC, 1947-49
Natl. Labor Relations Bd., Washington, 1949-50
Attache Am. Emb., Stockholm, Sweden, 1951-53
Attache Am. Emb., Rome, Italy, 1953-58
1st Sec., Am. Emb., Saigon, Vietnam, 1959=62
Chief, Far East Div., CIA, Washington, 1962-67
Amb., dir. Civil Operations and Rural Devel. Support, Saigon, 1968-71
13. Present Position(s)
(State year(s) appointed)
Director of Central Intelligence, September 1973-
*See Attach
14. Honours/Awards/Prizes]101X dee Guerre ranCe
Decorated Silver Sitar, Brcnze Star (Mentioned in Despatches (Brit.)
01 Ate 5f aVFWt (sTobwi Wnguished Honor Awardf{ Grand Officer of the National
15. Leisure Interests
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington)
Order of Vietnam
17. Full Addresses
and Telephone Number(s)
Home: 5317 Briley Place
Washington D.C. 20016
Office: CIA
Washington, D.C. 20505
--16. Publications/Major Works -
(Scientific, Literary, Artistic: with dates)
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*Short Biographical Notes (Continued).
Exec. Dir., CIA, 1972-Sept.' 1973
Director of Central Intelligence, Sept. 1973-
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