Sidney
William Souers (March 30, 1892 January 14, 1973)
was an American admiral and intelligence expert. He held
the posts of:
Director of Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence
Group, 1946
Executive Secretary, National Security Council,
19471950
Special Consultant to the President on military
and foreign affairs, 19501953
Rear
Admiral Souers was appointed as the first Director of
Central Intelligence on January 23, 1946 by President
Harry S. Truman. Prior to this, as Deputy Director of
Naval Intelligence, Souers had been one of the architects
of the system that came into being with the President's
directive. He had written the intelligence chapter of
the Eberstadt Report, which advocated a unified intelligence
system. Toward the end of 1945, when the competing plans
for a national intelligence system were deadlocked, Souers'
views had come to the attention of the President, and
he seems to have played a role in breaking the impasse.
1st Director of Central Intelligence
Timeline
1892 Born Dayton, Ohio
1911-1912 Student at Purdue University
1914 A.B., Miami University, member of the Kappa chapter
of Delta Kappa Epsilon
1920-1925 President, Mortgage & Securities Company,
New Orleans
1922-1928 President and founder, First Joint Stock Land
Bank
1925-1926 Executive, Piggly Wiggly Stores, Memphis
1925-1930 Executive Vice President, Canal Bank & Trust
Company, New Orleans
1927-1930 Member, New Orleans Port Authority
1929 (April 29) Appointed Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Naval
Reserve
1929-1934 Member, Board of Directors, Aviation Corporation
1930-1933 Vice President, Missouri State Life Insurance
Company, St. Louis
1932-1940 U.S. Naval Reserve, Intelligence Officer, inactive
status
1933-1973 Executive, General American Life Insurance Company
1940 (July 22) Called to active duty
1944 (July 24) Became Assistant Director, Office of Naval
Intelligence, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations,
Navy Department
1945 (November 8) Designated Deputy Chief, Naval Intelligence,
with the rank of Rear Admiral
1946 (January 23) Appointed Director of Central Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Group
1946 (July 22) Relieved of active duty
1947-1950 Executive Secretary, National Security Council
1950-1953 Special Consultant to the President on military
and foreign affairs
1973 Died, St. Louis, Missouri
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Souers