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X-WR-CALDESC:10 January 1996: Louis Tordella\, longest-serving Deputy Direc
 tor of NSA\, died. He was inducted into the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Ho
 nor in 2000. Read an excerpt from his Hall of Honor record below. You can 
 also click the link below for a special PDF on the NSA site about Tordella
 .\n\nFrom Tordella's Hall of Honor Record:\n\nThe outbreak of World War II
  found him teaching mathematics at Chicago's Loyola University. He joined 
 the Navy\, immediately made contacts in the service\, and was brought aboa
 rd as a lieutenant junior grade in 1942. He went directly into cryptologic
  work for the Navy's codebreaking organization\, OP-20-G. He finished the 
 war at OP-20-G collection stations on the West Coast\, at Bainbridge Islan
 d\, Washington\, and Skaggs Island\, California.\n\nAfter the war Tordella
  stayed on with the Navy\, and in 1949 joined the newly created Armed Forc
 es Security Agency (AFSA)\, an early attempt to achieve service unity in t
 he business of cryptology. He was a key figure in devising policy for the 
 new agency\, and for its successor\, the National Security Agency\, which 
 emerged in 1952 to replace AFSA.\n\nHis career at NSA brought him to the v
 ery front rank of cryptologists. He was an early advocate of the use of co
 mputers for cryptologic work\, and helped to cement a close working relati
 onship with American industry. His grasp of computer technology and the as
 sociated engineering concepts\, coupled with his understanding of cryptana
 lysis\, was invaluable in keeping the United States ahead of the field in 
 this critical skill. He pushed forcefully for the development of supercomp
 uters for cryptologic applications. Tordella was also a leader in securing
  American communications\, pushing a series of leading-edge new encoding d
 evices to secure U.S. government communications.\n\nAs a senior official a
 t NSA\, Dr. Tordella played a central role in NSA's outside relationships.
  Close collaborators in Great Britain and the British Commonwealth built u
 p such a trust with Tordella that many foreign intelligence officials rega
 rded him as the linchpin in their relationship with NSA.\n\nDr. Tordella b
 ecame the deputy director of NSA in 1958\, and remained in the post until 
 his retirement in 1974. He thus became the longest serving deputy director
  in NSA's history.\n\nDr. Tordella received unprecedented honors over the 
 years. On his retirement in 1974\, he received both the National Security 
 Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. His relat
 ionship with the British was recognized in 1976 when he became an Honorary
  Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. In 19
 92\, the Security Affairs Support Association\, composed mainly of retired
  intelligence officials\, gave him the William O. Baker medal for distingu
 ished service to American intelligence.\n
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DESCRIPTION:10 January 1996: Louis Tordella\, longest-serving Deputy Direct
 or of NSA\, died. He was inducted into the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Hon
 or in 2000. Read an excerpt from his Hall of Honor record below. You can a
 lso click the link below for a special PDF on the NSA site about Tordella.
 \n\nFrom Tordella's Hall of Honor Record:\n\nThe outbreak of World War II 
 found him teaching mathematics at Chicago's Loyola University. He joined t
 he Navy\, immediately made contacts in the service\, and was brought aboar
 d as a lieutenant junior grade in 1942. He went directly into cryptologic 
 work for the Navy's codebreaking organization\, OP-20-G. He finished the w
 ar at OP-20-G collection stations on the West Coast\, at Bainbridge Island
 \, Washington\, and Skaggs Island\, California.\n\nAfter the war Tordella 
 stayed on with the Navy\, and in 1949 joined the newly created Armed Force
 s Security Agency (AFSA)\, an early attempt to achieve service unity in th
 e business of cryptology. He was a key figure in devising policy for the n
 ew agency\, and for its successor\, the National Security Agency\, which e
 merged in 1952 to replace AFSA.\n\nHis career at NSA brought him to the ve
 ry front rank of cryptologists. He was an early advocate of the use of com
 puters for cryptologic work\, and helped to cement a close working relatio
 nship with American industry. His grasp of computer technology and the ass
 ociated engineering concepts\, coupled with his understanding of cryptanal
 ysis\, was invaluable in keeping the United States ahead of the field in t
 his critical skill. He pushed forcefully for the development of supercompu
 ters for cryptologic applications. Tordella was also a leader in securing 
 American communications\, pushing a series of leading-edge new encoding de
 vices to secure U.S. government communications.\n\nAs a senior official at
  NSA\, Dr. Tordella played a central role in NSA's outside relationships. 
 Close collaborators in Great Britain and the British Commonwealth built up
  such a trust with Tordella that many foreign intelligence officials regar
 ded him as the linchpin in their relationship with NSA.\n\nDr. Tordella be
 came the deputy director of NSA in 1958\, and remained in the post until h
 is retirement in 1974. He thus became the longest serving deputy director 
 in NSA's history.\n\nDr. Tordella received unprecedented honors over the y
 ears. On his retirement in 1974\, he received both the National Security M
 edal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. His relati
 onship with the British was recognized in 1976 when he became an Honorary 
 Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. In 199
 2\, the Security Affairs Support Association\, composed mainly of retired 
 intelligence officials\, gave him the William O. Baker medal for distingui
 shed service to American intelligence.\n
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SUMMARY:1996: Louis Tordella\, long-time D/DIRNSA died.
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