BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:159@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140905T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140905T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082135Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/robert-wallace-spy/ SUMMARY:Robert Wallace on "Spies who went into the Cold" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\nRobert Wallace is the Former Director of the Ce ntral Intelligence Agency's Office of Technical Service. Wallace's 32-year career with the CIA (1971-2003) included assignments as an operations off icer\, station chief and director of clandestine technical programs. Follo wing retirement in 2003\, Wallace founded Artemus Consulting Group\, a net work of intelligence professionals providing management counsel\, strategi c planning\, and representational services to government and corporate cli ents.\n\nWallace earned his Bachelor's degree in History from Ottawa (Kans as) University in 1966 and a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Kansas in 1968. He served in the U.S. Army during 1968-1970 \, led long-range reconnaissance patrol teams of Company E\, 75th Rangers in Vietnam and was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge\, two Bronze Sta rs with "V\," and three Air Medals. In 2002\, he co-authored Nine from the Ninth\, a memoir of the Vietnam War based on the authors' combat experien ces.\n\nWallace moved to Washington\, D.C.\, in 1970 and served as an admi nistrative assistant to the late Ohio Congressman William McCulloch before joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 1971. Between 1973 and 1991\, he served in field assignments including three tours as Chief of Station d irecting clandestine operations and managing intelligence collection progr ams.\n\nFrom 1991 through 2003\, Wallace held senior positions in operatio ns and administration at CIA headquarters. He was appointed Deputy Directo r of the CIA's Office of Technical Service (OTS) in 1995 and elevated to O ffice Director in 1998. There he managed programs for the design\, develop ment\, testing and deployment of technical equipment and personnel in supp ort of worldwide clandestine operations.\n\nIn 2002\, OTS received recogni tion from the CIA's Inspector General for superior performance and managem ent. Wallace's other CIA awards include the Intelligence Medal of Merit\, the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal and two Donovan Awards. In 200 5\, he received the Ottawa University Alumni Association Outstanding Achie vement Award.\n\nWallace speaks and writes on intelligence\, leadership an d management topics throughout the United States. He is co-author of Spycr aft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda ( 2008)\, contributor to Vaults\, Mirrors &\; Masks: Rediscovering U.S. C ounterintelligence (2009)\, co-author of The Official CIA Manual of Decept ion and Trickery (2009) and co-author of Spy Sites of New York City (2012) .\n\nWallace and his wife\, Mary Margaret\, live in Northern Virginia. He is a member of the McLean Baptist Church and a strategic consultant to com panies supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community .\n\n\nThis program was part of the 2014 Alaska Cold War Conference. Other presentations included in the conference were:\n\n\n\n Sergei N. Khrushc hev on "Cold War Warriors: Eisenhower\, Kennedy and Khrushchev\," Thursday \, September 4\, 7:30pm\, Wendy Williamson Auditorium\n Lieutenant Genera l Russell J. Handy on "The Cold War Today\," Friday\, September 5\, mornin g\, Hotel Captain Cook\n Colonel Joe Griffith (retired) on "The Cold War from an Alaskan and Pentagon Perspective\," Friday\, September 5\, morning \, Hotel Captain Cook\n\nTo read more about the conference\, visit the con ference website.\n\n \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/07/wallace-copy-e1406156297121.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20140309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR