What is Clyde Tolson?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Clyde Tolson |image = Clyde Tolson.jpg |office = 1st [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |president = [[Herbert Hoover]]<br/>[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]<br/>[[Harry S. Truman]]<br/>[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]<br/>[[John F. Kennedy]]<br/>[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]<br/>[[Richard Nixon]] |term_start = 1930 |term_end = May 2, 1972 |predecessor = Position established |successor = [[Mark Felt]] |office1 = Acting [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |president1 = [[Richard Nixon]] |term_start1 = May 2, 1972 |term_end1 = May 3, 1972 |predecessor1 = [[J. Edgar Hoover]] |successor1 = [[L. Patrick Gray]] (acting) |birth_name = Clyde Anderson Tolson |birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|5|22}} |birth_place = [[Laredo, Missouri]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1975|4|14|1900|5|22}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |education = {{nowrap|[[George Washington University]]}} ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) }} '''Clyde Anderson Tolson''' (May 22, 1900 – April 14, 1975) was the second-ranking official of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] from 1930 until 1972. He is best known as the ''[[Mentorship|protégé]]'' and long time top deputy of FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]]. He was Acting [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] for one day in May 1972. ==Other websites== *[http://vault.fbi.gov/clyde-a.-tolson Associate Director Tolson's personnel records and copies of memoranda] at [http://foia.fbi.gov/ FBI's FOIA Website] * {{Find a Grave|2408|accessdate=June 10, 2013}} * {{IMDb name|3779010}} {{DFBI}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tolson, Clyde}} [[Category:1900 births]] [[Category:1975 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] [[Category:Politicians from Missouri]] {{US-bio-stub}}