[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[January 17, 1992]
[Pages 120-121]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of William O. Studeman To Be Deputy Director of Central 
Intelligence

January 17, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Vice Adm. 
William O. Studeman, USN, to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. 
He would succeed Richard J. Kerr.
    Currently Vice Admiral Studeman serves as Director of the National 
Security Agency in Fort Meade, MD. Prior to this, he served as Director 
of Naval Intelligence, 1985-1988, and as Director of the Long Range 
Planning Group at the Department of the Navy, 1984-1985. In addition, 
Vice Admiral Studeman served as commanding officer of the Navy 
Operational Intelligence Center, 1982-1984, and executive assistant to 
the Vice Chief Naval Operations, 1981-1982.
    Vice Admiral Studeman graduated from the University of the South 
(B.A., 1962); George Washington University (M.S., 1973); Naval War 
College (1973); and National

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War College (1981). He was born January 16, 1940, in Brownsville, TX. 
Since 1962, Vice Admiral Studeman has served in the U.S. Navy. He is 
married, has three children, and resides in Fort Meade, MD.