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    William Raborn

    United States admiral

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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_RabornWilliam Raborn - Wikipedia

    William Francis Raborn, Jr., (June 8, 1905 – March 6, 1990) was the United States Director of Central Intelligence from April 28, 1965 until June 30, 1966. He was also a career United States Navy officer who led the project to develop the Polaris missile system and retired from the navy in 1963 as a vice admiral .

  2. www.nytimes.com › 1990/03/13 › obituariesWilliam F. Raborn Is Dead at 84; Led Production of Polaris ...

    Mar 13, 1990 · William F. Raborn Jr., a retired Navy vice admiral who led the development of the Polaris nuclear missile in the 1950's and later headed the Central Intelligence Agency under President Lyndon B ...

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  4. www.washingtonpost.com › archive › localFORMER CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM RABORN JR. DIES

    Mar 13, 1990 · William Francis Raborn Jr., 84, a retired Navy vice admiral who later served 14 months as director of central intelligence in 1965 and 1966, died of cardiac arrest March 6 at Sibley Memorial Hospital.

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  5. library.syracuse.edu › digital › guidesWilliam F. Raborn Papers An inventory of his papers at ...

    William F. Raborn, Jr. (1905-1990) was a career military officer, a Navy vice admiral who led the development of the Polaris nuclear missile in the 1950s and later headed the Central Intelligence Agency under President Lyndon B. Johnson.

    • Raborn, William F., 1905-1990.
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  7. www.usni.org › magazines › proceedingsLest We Forget - The ‘Red’ Factor | Proceedings - May 2013 ...

    Rear Admiral William F. "Red" Raborn (left) discusses a model of the Navy's first Fleet ballistic-missile submarine USS George Washington with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke in 1959. Burke had handpicked Raborn to oversee the submarine-launched missile program. U.S. Navy/U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive

  8. www.usni.org › press › oral-historiesOral History | Polaris Program | U.S. Naval Institute

    Raborn, William F. Jr. (Red), Vice Adm., USN (Ret.) (1905–1990) Director of Special Projects Division to develop Polaris. Raborn discusses the background, personnel, and progress of this project on which he was given carte blanche by CNO Arleigh Burke.

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  10. nsarchive.gwu.edu › briefing-book › nuclear-vault"How Much is Enough?": The U.S. Navy and "Finite Deterrence"

    Oct 14, 2021 · Rear Admiral William F. Raborn, USN (left), and Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, examine a cutaway model of the ballistic missile submarine USS George Washington (SSBN-598), in July 1959.