Turner Stansfield (Stansfield M. Turner)

Born in Highland Park, he studied at Amherst College (Massachusetts) from 1941 to 1943, and graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1946. He served in the Navy for a year, then received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Exeter College, Oxford University in England, where he received a BA in 1950 and a Master of Arts in 1954.
He subsequently held various positions in the US Navy: commanded a minesweeper, a destroyer and a guided-missile destroyer, worked in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis, and assistant and consultant to the Secretary of the Navy.
In 1970 he graduated from Harvard University Business School. Commanded a tactical group of aircraft carriers. In 1971-1972 - Director of the US Navy Systems Analysis Directorate. From 1972 to 1974 he was president of the United States Naval War College. Since 1974, he has been commander of the US 2nd Fleet and NATO Strike Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean.
Since September 1975 - Commander-in-Chief of NATO's combined armed forces in Southern Europe. Admiral (1975).
On February 8, 1977, he was appointed director of the CIA by President D. Carter, confirmed by the Senate on February 24, and took office on March 9. He headed the CIA until January 20, 1981. While running the CIA, Turner remained on active duty for some time. However, on December 31, 1978, he retired from the Navy.
After leaving the CIA, he was engaged in literary activities, gave lectures, on television, and was a member of the board of directors of the Monsanto Company. He retired as a senior fellow at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.
Author of the book “Secrecy and Democracy”, 1985.
In the 2008 film Charlie Wilson's War, directed by Mike Nichols, Turner is mentioned by one of the characters - Gust Avrakotos, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was nominated for an Oscar for this role[1]. In the film "Operation Argo"