ARTHUR C. LUNDAHL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200280017-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 17
• Content Type: BIO

Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000200280017-8
Arthur C. Lundahl was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1915. He received his B.S.
(1939) and M.S. (1942) degrees from the University of Chicago in the field of
Geology. During World War II Mr. Lundahl served as a Naval officer specialist
in photographic intelligence in the Alaska-Aleutian area on the Staff, Commander
North Pacific forces where he was commended by Admiral Nimitz for his work.
He was assigned to the Naval Photographic Interpretation Center in 1945, and was
later appointed the first chief of the newly-formed Photogrammetry Department,
'which handled scores of Navy photogrammetric tasks including spectacular prob-
lems with V2 Missiles, Operation Crossroads, Operation Highjump, etc. In Sep-
tember 1949 Mr. Lundahl was promoted to the position of assistant engineer at
P.I.C. In May 1953 he joined CIA. This year Mr. Lundahl was elected President
of.the American Society of Photogrammetry.
Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000200280017-8