Multiple graduate receptions planned
Various colleges, departments and programs will hold receptions for their graduates in conjunction with Saturday’s commencement ceremonies; visit
www.commencement.wsu.edu for more information. A listing of those and other commencement-related events is available at http://visitor.wsu.edu/. |
8 a.m. ceremony
11:30 a.m. ceremony
He joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1966. In 1967 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served as an intelligence officer at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. He then spent nearly 27 years as an intelligence professional, including nearly nine years at the National Security Council in the White House, serving four presidents of both political parties.
Gates served as deputy director of the CIA 1986-1989 and as assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser at the White House 1989-1991 for President George H.W. Bush. He also served as director of the CIA 1991-1993. He is the only career officer in the CIA’s history to rise from entry-level employee to director.
He has been awarded the National Security Medal and the Presidential Citizens Medal, has twice received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, and has three times received the CIA’s highest award, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
He is author of the memoir, “From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insiders Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War,” published in 1996.
Until becoming secretary of defense, Gates served as chairman of the independent trustees of the Fidelity Funds, the nation’s largest mutual fund company, and on the board of directors of NACCO Industries, Inc., Brinker International, Inc., and Parker Drilling Company, Inc.
Gates also has served on the board of directors and executive committee of the American Council on Education, the board of directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, and the national executive board of the Boy Scouts of America. He has been president of the National Eagle Scout Association.
A native of Kansas, Gates received his bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary, his master’s degree in history from Indiana University, and his doctorate in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University.