Charles Ackerly Briggs

Charles "Chuck" Ackerly Briggs (born August 1, 1926, in Erie, Pennsylvania) was an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for over 34 years.

Life After serving as a Corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II, he pursued higher education at Wesleyan University, where he was an active member of Alpha Delta Phi. and ultimately Executive Director. Notably, in June 1983, while serving as Executive Director, he was briefly designated as both Acting Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and Acting Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (DDCI), holding all three positions simultaneously. However, upon appeal, evidence surfaced indicating that Wilson had maintained ties with the agency on at least 40 occasions post-retirement. In 2003, federal Judge Lynn Hughes overturned Wilson's conviction, citing the affidavit as "dishonest." He worked part-time for about a year in the late 1980s as a researcher and writer in the Washington, D.C. in the offices of museum exhibition designers Bob Staples and Barbara Charles.