Gene died June 8, 2012, in Warrenton, Va., of congestive heart failure.
After graduating from Culver Military Academy, he joined the Army and was in numerous South Pacific campaigns. At Princeton, he was a member of Whig Clio, the Liberal Union, and Cloister. He accelerated and graduated with a degree in politics in 1949.
After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1952, Gene was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services, now the CIA. He worked with American and British intelligence, covering the former Soviet Union. He retired from the CIA in 1970 and helped found PACE Applied Technology, a pioneer computer and software company. He retired from the company in 2001 after serving as its president for 30 years.
Gene lived for many years in Washington, Va., where he was an emergency medical technician, firefighter, and president of the volunteer fire and rescue company for more than three decades. From 2003 to 2010, he was mayor and guided the financing and building of a much-needed wastewater-treatment facility through what was at first a divided and contentious city council. The council recently named a street in his honor.
We extend our sympathy to Clarissa, Gene’s wife of 60 years; four children; and nine grandchildren.