Admiral Bobby Ray Inman is the former Director of the National Security Agency and former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. A Texan from a small town, he graduated with a degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950. Inman spent 28 years in the Navy and achieved the rank of Admiral at age 49, a rare accomplishment for someone who did not attend Annapolis. He was one of the youngest full admirals in American history. Inman became the Director of Naval Intelligence in 1974 and was a brilliant strategist in the top-secret world of espionage. He chaired a commission on improving security at U.S. foreign installations after the Marine barracks bombing and the 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. The commission’s report was influential in establishing security design standards for U.S. Embassies. Inman served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1987 to 1990. President Bill Clinton nominated him as Secretary of Defense in 1993, but withdrew his nomination during an unusual press conference that shocked members of both major political parties. In 2006, Inman criticized the Bush administration's use of warrantless domestic wiretaps, making him one of the highest-ranking former intelligence officers to criticize the program publically. In 2011, he became the lead board director of Xe Services, formerly the Blackwater private military operations of Erik Prince. Admiral Bobby R. Inman participated in the 1982 Achievement Summit in New Orleans (while Deputy Director of the CIA) and spoke to the student delegates about his career in public service.