John A. McCone

Entrepreneur

Birthday January 4, 1902

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace California

DEATH DATE Feb 14, 1991 (89)

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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.