Jimmie Hill, NRO 'Founder', Dies

摘要

Jimmie D. Hill, 79, the former longtime deputy director of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) who joined the agency in its early years and helped oversee its post-Cold War transition, died April 23 at his home in Spot-sylvania, Va. The cause was complications from lung cancer, according to his wife, Martha Hill. Hill served a total of 29 years at the NRO, including 14 as deputy director, from April 1982 to February 1996. He also served as staff director, from 1978 to 1982, and did two brief stints as acting director of the agency, which builds and operates the nation's classified spy satellites.