What is William Raborn?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = William Raborn |image = William Francis Raborn.jpg |office = [[Director of Central Intelligence]] |president = [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]] |deputy = [[Richard Helms]] |term_start = April 28, 1965 |term_end = June 30, 1966 |predecessor = [[John A. McCone|John McCone]] |successor = [[Richard Helms]] |birth_name = William Francis Raborn, Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1905|6|8}} |birth_place = [[Decatur, Texas|Decatur]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1990|3|6|1905|6|8}} |death_place = [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]], [[Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] |education = [[United States Naval Academy]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}} |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{flag|United States Navy}} |serviceyears = 1928–1963 |rank = [[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] |commands = [[USS Bairoko (CVE-115)|USS ''Bairoko'']]<br>[[USS Bennington (CV-20)|USS ''Bennington'']] |battles = [[World War II]] |mawards = [[Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)|Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]<br>[[Silver Star]] }} '''William Francis Raborn, Jr.''', (June 8, 1905 &ndash; March 6, 1990) was the United States [[Director of Central Intelligence]] from April 28, 1965 until June 30, 1966. He was also a career [[United States Navy]] officer who lead the project to develop the [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris missile]] system and retired from the Navy in 1963 as a [[Vice Admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Michael Wines |title=William F. Raborn Is Dead at 84; Led Production of Polaris Missile |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/13/obituaries/william-f-raborn-is-dead-at-84-led-production-of-polaris-missile.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 13, 1990 |access-date=2015-06-25 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Raborn, William}} [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1990 deat