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'''John J. Ford''' (1923 – 27 July 1993)<ref name=obit>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> was an American CIA official, specializing in the study of [[soviet cybernetics]], Executive Director of the [[American Society for Cybernetics]], and Lecturer on [[Sociocybernetics|Societal Cybernetics]] at the [[American University]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref>
Ford was born in [[Pittsburgh]] in 1923. He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and, after, moved to Washington and attended the [[Catholic University of America]].<ref name=obit/>
In 1951, Ford was employed by the CIA as chief of cybernetics and behavioral sciences research, Through his study of Soviet cybernetics in the 1950s, Ford was invited to the house of Secretary of Defense [[Robert S. McNamara]] on 15 October 1962, to give an informal presentation on "the serious threat to the United States and Western Society posed by increasing Soviet commitment to a fundamentally cybernetic strategy in the construction of communism" to several high-ranking governmental officials, including Robert F. Kennedy. This presentation went positively, until it was interrupted by news of [[Cuban Missile Crisis|Soviet missiles in Cuba]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Ford married twice, first to Jacqueline Ford, who died in 1983, and then to Judy Ford. As of his death, he had five children.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
[[Category:People of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
[[Category:Cyberneticists]]
[[Category:1923 births]]
Ford was born in [[Pittsburgh]] in 1923. He served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]] and, after, moved to Washington and attended the [[Catholic University of America]].<ref name=obit/>
In 1951, Ford was employed by the CIA as chief of cybernetics and behavioral sciences research, Through his study of Soviet cybernetics in the 1950s, Ford was invited to the house of Secretary of Defense [[Robert S. McNamara]] on 15 October 1962, to give an informal presentation on "the serious threat to the United States and Western Society posed by increasing Soviet commitment to a fundamentally cybernetic strategy in the construction of communism" to several high-ranking governmental officials, including Robert F. Kennedy. This presentation went positively, until it was interrupted by news of [[Cuban Missile Crisis|Soviet missiles in Cuba]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Ford married twice, first to Jacqueline Ford, who died in 1983, and then to Judy Ford. As of his death, he had five children.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
[[Category:People of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
[[Category:Cyberneticists]]
[[Category:1923 births]]
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