Looks like Odom is a bit long in tooth....hasn't been in any Adm since Carter days.... Probably is good teaching Russian though....
William E. Odom
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Office
Areas of Expertise
Military and strategic issues
Intelligence issues
Asian economic and security issues
Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies
European politics and military issues
Biographical Highlights
Lieutenant General William E. Odom, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a Senior Fellow with Hudson Institute and a professor at Yale University. As Director of the National Security Agency from 1985 to 1988, he was responsible for the nation's signals intelligence and communications security. From 1981 to 1985, he served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, the Army's senior intelligence officer.
From 1977 to 1981, General Odom was Military Assistant to the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs, Zbigniew Brzezinski. As a member of the National Security Council staff, he worked upon strategic planning, Soviet affairs, nuclear weapons policy, telecommunications policy, and Persian Gulf security issues. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1954, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1970. |
