Frank Lindsay
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Franklin A. Lindsay is a former spy
and business executive. Lindsay graduated from Stanford University
in 1938 and ended up working for the Office of Strategic Services
during World War II
. During the war he parachuted to the Slovene Partisans in 1944 and worked with them to blow up the rail lines in Southern Austria. Later, he became head of the military mission to Tito. He wrote a book about his wartime experiences, Beacons in the Night, and has been awarded Slovenia’s highest decoration.
After the war, he became involved in a wide range of government and private sector activities. In the public sector, he was a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission to the United Nations; he helped set up the European side of the Marshall Plan
and helped fellow OSSer Frank Wisner
establish OPC, the precursor of the CIA. In the private sector he sent time at the Ford Foundation
, McKinsey & Co., and as head of ITEK Corp., a high tech company, which, among its products, developed the camera’s for satellites that overflew the Soviet Union and scouted the moon and Mars. He also served on the Senate Intelligence Advisory Committee, chaired the committee for Economic Development’s program and policy committee and chaired the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research
.
After his retirement, he started a seven year stint helping Ukraine’s International Management Institute turn its curriculum towards a market economy. While in Kiev, he also worked with Ukraine’s National Security Council and helped develop a program for Ukraine’s military officers and national security official at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The program continues today in an expanded form to include not only participants from Ukraine but also from the other countries surrounding the Black Sea.
He is survived by his wife Margot, his two children and three grand daughters.
SPY
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and business executive. Lindsay graduated from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1938 and ended up working for the Office of Strategic Services
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. During the war he parachuted to the Slovene Partisans in 1944 and worked with them to blow up the rail lines in Southern Austria. Later, he became head of the military mission to Tito. He wrote a book about his wartime experiences, Beacons in the Night, and has been awarded Slovenia’s highest decoration.
After the war, he became involved in a wide range of government and private sector activities. In the public sector, he was a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission to the United Nations; he helped set up the European side of the Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism. The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948...
and helped fellow OSSer Frank Wisner
Frank Wisner
Frank Gardiner Wisner was head of Office of Strategic Services operations in southeastern Europe at the end of World War II, and the head of the Directorate of Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency during the 1950s....
establish OPC, the precursor of the CIA. In the private sector he sent time at the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
, McKinsey & Co., and as head of ITEK Corp., a high tech company, which, among its products, developed the camera’s for satellites that overflew the Soviet Union and scouted the moon and Mars. He also served on the Senate Intelligence Advisory Committee, chaired the committee for Economic Development’s program and policy committee and chaired the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research
National Bureau of Economic Research
The National Bureau of Economic Research is an American private nonprofit research organization "committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community." The NBER is well known for providing start and end...
.
After his retirement, he started a seven year stint helping Ukraine’s International Management Institute turn its curriculum towards a market economy. While in Kiev, he also worked with Ukraine’s National Security Council and helped develop a program for Ukraine’s military officers and national security official at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The program continues today in an expanded form to include not only participants from Ukraine but also from the other countries surrounding the Black Sea.
He is survived by his wife Margot, his two children and three grand daughters.