BIOGRAPHY OF ADMIRAL BOBBY R. INMAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00418R000100220001-7
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• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
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BIOGRAPHY OF ADMIRAL BOBBY R. INMAN
Admiral Bobby R. Inman was sworn in as Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence on 12 February 1981. In this position he is principal deputy to the
Director, who heads the Intelligence Community (all of the foreign intelligence
agencies of the United States) and directs the Central Intelligence Agency.
A native of Rhonesboro, Texas, Admiral Inman graduated from the
University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1950). He entered the Naval Reserve the
following year and was commissioned Ensign in March 1952. He was assigned
to the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CVA-45), which participated in oper-
ations during the Korean hostilities. His career included a variety of assign-
ments in Naval intelligence, including tours as the Chief of Naval Operation's
Intelligence Briefer, and Assistant Naval Attache, Stockholm, Sweden.
Admiral Inman served in a number of positions of high responsibility. He
was Fleet Intelligence Officer for the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific,
1969-71, during the Vietnam conflict. He graduated from the National War
College in 1972. He was Executive Assistant and Senior Aide to the Vice Chief
of Naval Operations, 1972-73. He served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intel-
ligence to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1973-74; as Director of
Naval Intelligence, 1974-76; and as Vice Director, Plans, Operations and Sup-
port of the Defense Intelligence Agency, 1976-77. He was appointed Director
of the National Security Agency in July 1977, where he served until his depar-
ture in February 1981 to assume his present duties. Coincident with the latter,
he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, the first Naval Intelligence Specialist
to attain that rank.
Admiral Inman's many service decorations include the National Security
Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service
Medal, and the Legion of Merit in addition to several awards for service during
the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Admiral Inman and his wife Nancy (nee Russo, of Washington, D.C.) have
two sons, Thomas and William.
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