DEAR DEAN VAN GORDER,

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06367A000100030010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 21, 1966
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINC3TON, D.C. 20505
November 21, 19bb
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Dean H. B. Van Gorder
Administrative Director
Advanced Management Program
Harvard University Graduate School
of Business Administration
Boston, Massachusetts 02163
Dsar Dean Van Corder,
' s the nominee of the Central
Intelligence- Agency for attendance at the Harvard University
Advanced Management Program beginning February 12, 1967.
has been with the Agency for fifteen years;
currently he is one of our senior officials with management
responsibilities related to intragovernmental scientific and
technical activities of great national significance.
work in law at Georgetown University. His entire working career
has been with the Central intelligence Agency.
The posts whic has held have required that
he exercise a wide variety of administrative skills at sharply
increasing levels of responsibility, culminating in his present
assignment as This position
has afforded him an opportunity to demonstrate conclusively the
talents and capabilities which axe requisite for officers at the
executive level. I am most. impressed by his ability to grasp
quickly complex concepts, perceive inter-relationships, express
himself concisely and well, observe human factor elements and
to manage resources adeptly and with great dedication. He is
unsparing of his personal energies and loyal in every respect in
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the manner in which he carries out his responsibilities. .These
characteristics have earned him ratings from his .supervisors
which consistently reflect superior performance.
I am confident tha will make significant
contributions during his participation in the Harvard Advanced
Management Program; I am equaliy certain that
and the Central Intelligence Agency will profit a great deal from
his attendance at the Program.
Sincerely,
STATINTL
Carl E. Duckett
Acting Deputy Director
for
Science and Technology
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