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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorDonald M. Kerr
Dates
April 8, 1939 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Kerr, Donald M.
Additional Forms of Names
Kerr, D. M. (Donald M.)
Kerr, Donald M., Jr.
Biography
Abstract
Donald M. Kerr was Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Office of the Director of National Intelligence (2007-2009). Other institutional affiliations included the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. His research interests include nuclear weapons and heavy ions.
Important Dates
April 8, 1939Birth, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1963Obtained BS, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1964Obtained MS, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1966Obtained PhD in Plasma physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1966 – 1976Researcher (1966-1971); Group Leader (1971-1973); Assistant, Director's Office (1973-1975); and Alternative Energy Division Leader, Director's Office (1975-1976), Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).
1974 – 1977Consultant, Navajo Science Committee.
1976 – 1979Department Manager (1976-1977); Deputy and Acting Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs (1977-1979); and Deputy and Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology (1979), Nevada Operations Office, United States Department of Energy.
1979 – 1985Chair, Committee on Research and Development, International Energy Agency, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
1979 – 1985Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).
1985 – 1992Senior and Executive Vice President (1985-1989) and President and Director (1989-1992), EG & G, Inc, Wellesley (Mass.).
1987 – 1992Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Manufacturers.
1993 – 1996Corporate Executive Vice President, Science Applications International Corporation.
1996 – 1997Executive Vice President and Director, Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. (ISL, Inc.).
1997 – 2001Assistant Director, Laboratory Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
2001 – 2005Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency.
2005 – 2007Director, National Reconnaissance Office, United States Department of Defense.
2007 – 2009Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Occupation
Geophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Keyworth, George A., II, 1939-
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Robertson, R. G. Hamish, 1943-
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Additional
Waltz, Ronald E.
Institutions
Major Positions
EG & G, Inc.
Senior Vice President; Executive Vice President; President; and Director.
ISL, Inc.
Executive Vice President and Director.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Director.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Researcher; Group Leader; Assistant, Director's Office; Alternative Energy Division Leader, Director's Office; and Director.
Science Applications International Corporation
Corporate Executive Vice President.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Deputy Director for Science and Technology.
United States. Department of Defense
Director, National Reconnaissance Office.
United States. Department of Energy
Department Manager; Deputy and Acting Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; and Deputy and Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology, Nevada Operations Office.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Assistant Director, Laboratory Division.
United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1963), MS (1964), and PhD in Plasma Physics (1966).
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
Member, Board of Directors.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Chair, Committee on Research and Development, International Energy Agency.
United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
Consultant, Navajo Science Committee.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Special colloquium [sound recording] : Arms Control Panel / 1983 April 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Ronald E. Waltz, 2006 May 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA