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Carl Ernest Duckett (22 March 1923 – 1 April 1992) was the founding father and visionary leader of the Central Intelligence Agency's science and technology operations.〔"Carl E. Duckett" in Agenda for Central Intelligence Agency'a 50th Anniversary Trailblazer Awards Ceremony, Sept. 18, 1997〕 ==Background== Carl Duckett was born and raised in Swannanoa, North Carolina, an unincorporated community a few miles east of Asheville. He attended the Buncombe County schools in Swannanoa, graduating from high school in 1940. His father was a construction laborer at the Beacon Blanket Manufacturing Company, the epicenter of the Swannanoa community, and he wanted his son to start a career at the mill. Carl’s ambition, however, was to work in radio broadcasting, and he left Swannanoa to search for work in this field.〔Much of the general information on Duckett’s background prior to mid-1963 came from ''Carl Ernest Duckett, Personal History Statement; Form 444, Central Intelligence Agency, 21 August 1963'', the narrative provided with his application to join the Central Intelligence Agency.〕 With a good speaking voice, some musical talent, and a very persuasive nature, Duckett eventually found beginner employment at WMVA, a small station being established in Martinsville, Virginia. While there, he married Nannie Jane Law in 1941, and started a family.〔From interview with family member.〕 He also gained an elementary knowledge of radio electronics, and, to prepare for a better job, attended part-time for six months a course in this field at the nearby Danville Technical Institute. In early 1943, Duckett was employed as a technician by Westinghouse Electric in Baltimore, Maryland. Apparently a fast learner, he was soon assigned to work on Army radars for anti-aircraft fire control. During this period, he also attended courses in radio engineering under the Government-sponsored Engineering, Science, and Management War Training (ESMWT) Program at Johns Hopkins University. In 1944, he was a member of a team sent to England to advise on the use of Westinghouse SCR-584 radar equipment for V-1 ‘buzz bomb’ defense, and stayed as a field engineer during the Normandy invasion. Drafted into the U.S. Army in October 1944, Duckett served in the Signal Corps until July 1946. As a radar specialist, he rapidly advanced from Private to Master Sergeant, with assignments that included the Radiation Laboratory (Rad Lab) at MIT, the Pacific Theater of Operations, and the White Sands Proving Grounds (WSPG) in New Mexico. While at White Sands, he participated in the first launch in the U.S. of a captured German V-2 rocket and gained knowledge of the telementry equipment used in this testing. Following his discharge from the Army, Duckett returned to radio broadcasting in Martinsville. He also received a First-Class Commercial Radiotelephone License from the Federal Communications Commission, making him eligible for higher positions in this field, and joined in establishing radio station WBOB in Galax, Virginia. After the station went on the air in April 1947, he was not only the chief engineer but also served as the station manager and an announcer/disk jockey.〔Alicoate, John, (ed); “WBOB; Galax, Virginia,” ''1948 Radio Annual'', Radio Daily, 1948, p. 669〕 Highly aggressive in these activities, he was one of the founders of a Virginia-wide association of news broadcasters (1949)〔“Radio Stations Form Virginia Press Caster Organization,” ''Billboard Magazine'', Mar. 5, 1949, p. 6〕 and represented Virginia radio stations in a meeting with President Harry S. Truman (1950).〔“Harry S. Truman, The President’s Day: Monday, June 12, 1950”; http://www.trumanlibrary.org/calendar/main.php?currYear=1950&currMonth=6&currDay=12〕 He also promoted a bluegrass music group that made hit records and, later, performed before Elizabeth II, the Queen of England.〔“Maude & Toby Lowe”; http://auntmarthasmusic.com/Musicmemories.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carl E. Duckett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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