John J. Ford
American intelligence officer
About John J. Ford
Lived 1923 – 1993 (aged 69–70). John J. Ford was a cyberneticist.
John J. Ford (1923 – 27 July 1993) was an American CIA official, specializing in the study of soviet cybernetics, Executive Director of the American Society for Cybernetics, and Lecturer on Societal Cybernetics at the American University.
Ford was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He afterwards moved to Washington and attended the Catholic University of America.
Ford married twice, first to Jacqueline Ford, who died in 1983, and then to Judy Ford. Five of his children survived him.
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American intelligence officer (1923–1993)
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John J. Ford was a cyberneticist.
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