User:SBmeier/Robert Huffstutler

Robert M. "Rae" Huffstutler (c1930- living) was a career intelligence professional and top official at the Central Intelligence Agency from the late 1970's through the early 1990's.

Huffstutler graduated from the U.C. Berkeley with a degree in economics. He joined the CIA in 1959 and spent much of his career developing expertise in understanding the Soviet Union.

Huffstutler was the director of Strategic Research from 1979 to 1982 and led the Office of Soviet Analysis from 1982 to 1984. He was director of the National Photographic Interpretation Center from 1984 to 1988 and it was there that he established the National Exploitation Center which supported the entire Intelligence Community. In 1985, Huffstutler and NPIC played a key role in assessing for U.S. policy makers the serverity of the meltdown at Chernobyl. NPIC was part of the CIA until the formation of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 1996. Huffstutler's last assignment was as Deputy Director for Adminstration and Executive Director of the CIA.

After his retirement from government service, Huffstutler joined Aegis Research Corporation in Rosslyn, Virginia, as an executive vice president. He retired from Aegis, which was acquired by ManTech International in 2002, after having last served as its last Chief Operating Officer. In 2003, Huffstutler was inducted into the NGA Hall of Fame. During the 2003 to 2004 timeframe, he permanently retired to Northern California.