Allen W. Dulles

Allen W. Dulles, one of the most important figures in the history of American intelligence, served under eight US presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to John F. Kennedy. He served presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1953 to 1961. When he died in 1969, President Nixon remarked, ". . . in the nature of his task, his achievements were known to only a few."