David W. Gaddy

David W. Gaddy was formerly NSA's Chief Historian. He began his career in cryptology as a cryptanalyst (foreign language) in 1953 and served in a variety of staff and line management capacities before being given the opportunity to create the Center for Cryptologic History in 1989 and heading it during its first three years. Mr. Gaddy is a charter member of the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service and graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College and the National War College. He holds degrees from Mars Hill College (A.A.), the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (B.A.), and the George Washington University (M.S.). He was NSA's second recipient of the National Foreign Intelligence Medal of Achievement, awarded by the DCI. Mr. Gaddy is a recognized specialist in mid-nineteenth century military history, concentrating on the Signal Corps, cryptography, and secret service of the Confederate States. He was a coauthor of the 1988 Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln, co-winner of the 1988 National Intelligence Study Center "best book" award for intelligence literature. He retired from NSA in 1994.

[from page vi of Masked Dispatches, Third Edition, published in 2013]