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Sandra Grimes
Sandra Grimes is a former Central Intelligence Agency, CIA officer who participated in a small team that investigated and uncovered the actions of Aldrich Ames, a United States government, United States counter-intelligence, counterintelligence officer who was subsequently convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Early life Grimes was born in August 1945 to a couple who met in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and worked together on the Manhattan Project. She went to school in Los Alamos, then left and did the rest of her schooling in Denver, Colorado. While in high school she enrolled in a course in Russian language, Russian, in which she excelled and gave her the encouragement to later major in Russian language at the University of Washington in Seattle. CIA career and Aldrich Ames In October 1966, a friend informed Grimes that a CIA recruiter was on campus, and told her she "would make a perfect spy." She subsequently interviewed with the CIA, and was hired as a GS-06 Intelligence Assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a non-profit museum and research library for the study of military history located in a state-of-the art facility in Kenosha, WI. The institution was founded in 2003, and its specialist collections include material relating to Winston Churchill and war-related sheet music. Architectural Gem The facility was designed by the late architect Helmut Jahn. It was one of the last designs he created. The facility has won numerous architectural awards. Architectural Recognition: ENR Midwest " Cultural Best Project Award"; ACEC Honor Award for Building/Technology Systems; ACEC Judges 'Choice Award for Building/Technology Systems; AIA Chicago Honor Award. History The institution was founded in 2003 as the Pritzker Military Library to be a non-partisan institution for the study of "the citizen soldier as an essential element for the preservation of democracy" by Colonel (Hon.) ( IL) Jennifer (at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
