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Kingman Douglass (April 16, 1896 – October 8, 1971), was an American investment banker and a leading member of the United States intelligence community. He was a deputy director of Central Intelligence from March 1946 to July 1946. Kingman Douglass was born April 16, 1896, in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of William Angus Douglas Sr. and Eliza Kingman. He was educated at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania (class of 1914)〔''The Dial'', Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., published by Hill School, 1914〕 and Yale University (class of 1918). During World War I, Kingman Douglass served as a pilot with the 91st Aero Squadron, engaged in aerial observation and photographic intelligence. As such he was commended for bravery in action on October 31, 1918.〔''Harvard's Military Record in the World War'', by Frederick Sumner Mead, and ''Aerial Observation'' by Holworthy Hall〕 On December 16, 1922, Kingman Douglass married Helen Field James, the daughter of Howard James and Sophie Ayers. The couple had three sons: Abner Kingman Douglass, Howard James Douglass and William Angus Douglass. They were later divorced.〔Kingman and Related Families in America〕〔Obituary, Helen James Douglass, ''Chicago Tribune'', December 20, 1985〕 Douglass was an investment banker for many years, a managing partner of Dillon Read.〔''The Real CIA'' by Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, page 107〕 Douglass went into military service in World War II: serving as the senior US Army Air Corps intelligence liaison officer assigned to the British Air Ministry and in the Allied Intelligence Group in the Pacific Theater. Douglass served as Assistant Director, Current Intelligence, of the CIA, from, January 1951 through July 1952. Kingman Douglass married Adele Astaire, daughter of Frederick E. Astaire, and sister of the celebrated Broadway and Hollywood actor and dancer Fred Astaire, on April 29, 1947. For a time the Douglasses lived at Mount Gordon Farm in Middleburg, Virginia, where Adele was photographed for ''Life'' magazine in March 1961. Later, Douglass lived at 41 Biltmore Estates, Phoenix, Arizona.〔http://www.ThePeerage.com〕 == References == 〔 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「Kingman Douglass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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