Huntington Denton "Ting" Sheldon (February 14, 1903 – May 19, 1987) was an American who served as the director of the Office of Current Intelligence of the US

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from 1951 to 1961, serving under presidents Truman,

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, and

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. Sheldon was the second director of the OCI, and developed it into a major Office. Sheldon briefed all three presidents; the President's Intelligence Check List, which became the

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, was developed by Richard Lehman under his direction.

Personal life

His first wife was Magda Merck, youngest daughter of George Merck, the founder of Merck & Co. They were married on April 12, 1928, and had three children, Huntington, Audrey, and Peter. The marriage ended in divorce in November 1936. He was later the husband of science-fiction writer Alice B. Sheldon (''alias'' James Tiptree Jr.), 12 years his junior. In 1987, she shot and killed Sheldon and then herself in what was either a murder-suicide or, based on her personal writings, a

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Education

As an undergraduate, he earned a bachelor's degree from

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and was a member of

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