Glossary of Key People
BAKER, James G.
Harvard astronomer and lens designer. Leading designer of high acuity aerial reconnaissance lenses during World War II. Headed Air Force intelligence systems panel and TCP committee member urging
development of U-2. Designed lenses for U-2.
BECKER, Loftus
State Department legal advisor who recommended that the US president publish a proclamation recognizing that reconnaissance satellites were in accord with international law so long as they did not interfere with terrestrial activities.
BISSELL, Richard M., Jr.
Head of all Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reconnaissance programs from 1954 to 1962. Former MIT economics professor and Marshall Plan official. Became Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) Allen Dulles' special assistant for planning and coordination in January 1954 and received responsibilities for the new U-2 project late 1954. Later headed first photosatellite project and oversaw development of Oxcart. In 1959 became deputy director of central intelligence (DDCI) for plans while maintaining reconnaissance projects portfolio. Resigned from CIA February 1962.
CARROLL, Will H.
Long-term, nearly 40 years, civilian attorney with Air Force JAG who specialized in international law and was present in LeMay's office shortly after Sputnik when Air Force officers sought direction as to an Air Force position. Worked with many of the JAG officers and was himself involved with outer space law issues for Air Force.
COOPER, John Cobb
McGill University professor of international air and space law and member of Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study. US delegate to and "father" of the 1944 Chicago international law convention on airspace law, prodigious author of publications regarding outer space law, and strong proponent of international treaty establishing freedom of
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