Career after leaving the CIA Robert Gates

1 career after leaving cia

1.1 1993–1999
1.2 texas a&m
1.3 corporate boards
1.4 public service
1.5 declined appointment director of national intelligence

career after leaving cia
1993–1999

after retiring cia in 1993, gates worked academic , lecturer. evaluated student theses international studies program of university of washington. lectured @ harvard, yale, johns hopkins, vanderbilt, georgetown, indiana, louisiana state, oklahoma, , college of william , mary. gates served member of board of visitors of university of oklahoma international programs center , trustee of endowment fund college of william , mary, alma mater, in 1998 conferred upon him honorary degree of doctor of humane letters. in 1996, gates autobiography, shadows: ultimate insider s story of 5 presidents , how won cold war, published. gates has written numerous articles on government , foreign policy , has been frequent contributor op-ed page of new york times.

texas a&m

gates @ texas a&m

gates interim dean of bush school of government , public service @ texas a&m university 1999 2001. on august 1, 2002, became 22nd president of texas a&m. university president, gates made progress in 4 key areas of university s vision 2020 plan, plan become 1 of top 10 public universities year 2020. 4 key areas include improving student diversity, increasing size of faculty, building new academic facilities, , enriching undergraduate , graduate education experience. during tenure, gates encouraged addition of 440 new faculty positions , $300 million campus construction program, , saw increases in minority enrollment. on february 2, 2007, gates conferred title of president emeritus unanimous vote of texas a&m university system board of regents. gates , wife becky received honorary doctoral degrees texas a&m on august 10, 2007.

gates left presidency of texas a&m university on december 16, 2006, , sworn in 2 days later secretary of defense. returned on april 21, 2009, speaker annual aggie muster ceremony. 1 of 6 speakers not graduate of texas a&m university since dwight d. eisenhower spoke in 1946. in affiliation a&m, gates has served on national security higher education advisory board.

corporate boards

gates has been member of board of trustees of fidelity investments, , on board of directors of nacco industries, inc., brinker international, inc., parker drilling company, science applications international corporation, , votehere, technology company sought provide cryptography , computer software security electronic election industry. following nomination, white house spokeswoman said gates planned sell stock owns in individual companies , sever ties them if confirmed senate.

public service

gates former president of national eagle scout association.

in january 2004, gates co-chaired council on foreign relations task force on u.s. relations towards iran. among task force s primary recommendation directly engage iran on diplomatic level regarding iranian nuclear technology. key points included negotiated position allow iran develop nuclear program in exchange commitment iran use program peaceful means.

at time of nomination president george w. bush position of secretary of defense, gates member of iraq study group, called baker commission, expected issue report in november 2006, following mid-term election on november 7. replaced former secretary of state lawrence eagleburger.

declined appointment director of national intelligence

in february 2005, gates wrote in message posted on school s website there seems growing number of rumors in media , around campus leaving texas a&m become new director of national intelligence in washington, d.c. message said put rumors rest, indeed asked take position, wrestled perhaps difficult—and close—decision of life, , last week declined position.

gates committed remain president of texas a&m university through summer of 2008; president george w. bush offered position of united states director of national intelligence (dni) john negroponte, accepted.

gates said in 2005 discussion university s academy future international leaders had tentatively decided accept dni position out of sense of duty , had written email sent students during press conference announce decision, explaining leaving serve u.s. once again. gates, however, took weekend consider final decision should be, , decided unwilling return washington, d.c., in capacity because had nothing forward in d.c. , plenty forward @ a&m .