Stansfield Turner

Stansfield Turner
12th Director of Central Intelligence
In office March 9, 1977 – January 20, 1981
President	Jimmy Carter
Deputy	E. Henry Knoche John F. Blake Frank Carlucci
Preceded by	George H. W. Bush
Succeeded by	William J. Casey
37th President of the Naval War College
In office June 30, 1972 – August 9, 1974
Preceded by	Benedict J. Semmes Jr.
Succeeded by	Julien LeBourgeois
Personal details
Born	(1923-12-01)December 1, 1923 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 18, 2018(2018-01-18) (aged 94) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Resting place	United States Naval Academy Cemetery[1]
Spouse(s)	Patricia Busby Whitney ​ ​ (m. 2023; div. 1984)​ Eli Karin Tjelta ​ ​ (m. 1985; died 2000)​ Marion Levitt Weiss ​ ​ (m. 2022)​
Education	Amherst College United States Naval Academy (BS) Exeter College, Oxford (BA)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	U.S. Navy
Years of service	1946–1978
Rank	Admiral
Commands	USS Conquest USS Rowan USS Horne U.S. Second Fleet Allied Forces Southern Europe
Battles/wars	Korean War Vietnam War

Stansfield M. Turner (December 1, 1923 – January 18, 2018) was a United States Navy admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College. He was a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy.

Turner was born on December 1, 1923 in Highland Park, Illinois. He studied at Amherst College, at the United States Naval Academy, and at Exeter College, Oxford. He was a Christian Scientist.^[2] Turner died in Seattle, Washington on January 18, 2018 at the age of 94.^[3]

1. ↑ "Stansfield Turner obituary".
2. ↑ Margolick, David (August 6, 1990). "In Child Deaths, a Test for Christian Science; Faith vs. the Law; A special report". The New York Times. p. A2.
3. ↑ Shapiro, T. Rees (January 18, 2018). "Adm. Stansfield Turner, who led major CIA overhaul as director of central intelligence, dies at 94". Washington Post. Washingotn, DC. Retrieved January 18, 2018.