John A. McCone
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About
Republican industrialist who founded Bechtel-McCone and worked for the ITT corporation.
Before Fame
He received a mechanical engineering degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1922.
Trivia
He was the director of the CIA at the height of the Cold War.
Family Life
He grew up in San Francisco and was a part of the family business that his grandfather started.
Associated With
He served under John F. Kennedy as head of the CIA and supported him on nuclear weapons issues.
