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Portrait of LTG Ralph J. Canine, USA

LTG Ralph J. Canine, USA
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Solomon Kullback

Dr. Solomon Kullback
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Abraham Sinkov

Dr. Abraham Sinkov
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Frank B. Rowlett

Frank B. Rowlett
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of CAPT Laurance Safford, USN

CAPT Laurance Safford, USN
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Herbert O. Yardley

Herbert O. Yardley
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Elizebeth Smith Friedman

Elizebeth S. Friedman
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of William F. Friedman

William F. Friedman
1999 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Agnes Meyer Driscoll

Agnes Meyer Driscoll
2000 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of CAPT Joseph J. Rochefort, USN

CAPT Joseph J. Rochefort, USN
2000 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Louis W. Tordella

Dr. Louis W. Tordella
2000 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Maj Gen John E. Morrison, Jr., USAF

Maj Gen John E. Morrison, Jr., USAF
2001 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Sydney Jaffe

Dr. Sydney Jaffe
2001 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Mahlon E. Doyle

Mahlon E. Doyle
2001 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Howard C. Barlow

Howard C. Barlow
2001 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Julia Ward

Dr. Julia Ward
2002 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Charles C. Tevis

Charles C. Tevis
2002 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Mitford M. Mathews

Mitford M. Mathews
2002 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Richard A. Leibler

Dr. Richard A. Leibler
2002 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Norman Wild

Norman Wild
2002 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of CAPT Thomas H. Dyer, USN

CAPT Thomas H. Dyer, USN
2002 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Howard E. Rosenblum

Howard E. Rosenblum
2003 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Juanita Moody

Juanita Moody
2003 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Lowell K. Frazer

Dr. Lowell K. Frazer
2003 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Lambros D. Callimahos

Lambros D. Callimahos
2003 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Brigadier John Tiltman

Brigadier John Tiltman
2004 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Meredith Gardner

Meredith Gardner
2004 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of James R. Chiles

James R. Chiles
2004 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dorothy Blum

Dorothy T. Blum
2004 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger, USN

Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger, USN
2005 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Arthur Salemme

Arthur Salemme
2005 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Francis Raven

Francis Raven
2005 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. William Blankinship

Dr. William Blankinship
2005 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of James Pryde

James W. Pryde
2006 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Thomas E. Tremain

Thomas E. Tremain
2006 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Cecil J. Phillips

Cecil J. Phillips
2006 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Edward A. Everett

Edward A. Everett
2006 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana, USAF

Brigadier General Bernard Ardisana, USAF
2006 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Milton Zaslow

Milton Zaslow
2007 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Samuel S. Snyder

Samuel S. Snyder
2007 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dr. Robert J. Hermann

Dr. Robert J. Hermann
2007 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of RADM Donald M. Showers, USN (Ret)

Jacob Gurin
2007 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of RADM Donald M. Showers, USN (Ret)

RADM Donald M. Showers, USN (Ret)
2008 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Oliver R. Kirby

Oliver R. Kirby
2008 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of General Alfred M. Gray, USMC

General Alfred M. Gray, USMC
2008 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Charles L. Gandy

Charles L. Gandy
2008 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Benson K. Buffham

Benson K. Buffham
2008 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Minnie McNeal Kenny

Minnie McNeal Kenny
2009 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Arthur J. Levenson

Arthur J. Levenson
2009 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Maj Gen Doyle E. Larson, USAF

Maj Gen Doyle E. Larson, USAF
2009 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Richard A. Day, Jr.

Richard A. Day, Jr.
2009 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Leo Rosen

Leo Rosen
2010 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein

Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein
2010 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of David Boak

David Boak
2010 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Joseph Amato

Joseph Amato
2010 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Laura Holmes

Laura Holmes
2011 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Colonel Parker Hitt

Colonel Parker Hitt
2011 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Joseph Desch

Joseph Desch
2011 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of William Coffee

William Coffee
2011 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Juliana Mickwitz

Juliana Mickwitz
2012 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Ronald Hunt

Ronald Hunt
2012 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Robert Drake

Robert Drake
2012 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Ann Caracristi

Ann Caracristi
2012 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Native American Code Talkers

Native American Code Talkers
2013 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Washington Wong

Washington Wong
2013 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Richard Proto

Richard Proto
2013 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Vera Ruth Filby

Vera Ruth Filby
2013 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Alan Turing

Alan Turing
2014 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Marian Rejewski

Marian Rejewski
2014 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Captain Howard Ehret

Captain Howard Ehret
2014 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Walter Deeley

Walter Deeley
2014 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Frank Austin

Frank Austin
2014 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Virginia Jenkins Riley

Virginia Jenkins Riley
2015 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Robert J. "Mac" McNelis

Robert J. "Mac" McNelis
2015 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of William O. Marks

William O. Marks
2015 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Charles R. (Dick) Lord

Charles R. (Dick) Lord
2015 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Ralph W. Adams, Jr.

Ralph W. Adams, Jr.
2015 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA

Command Sergeant Major Odell Williams, USA
2016 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG

Captain Leonard T. Jones, USCG
2016 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Gerald Hale

Gerald Hale
2016 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Floyd L. Weakley

Floyd L. Weakley
2017 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of ADM Bobby R. Inman, USN

ADM Bobby R. Inman, USN
2017 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Col Frank E. Herrelko, USAF

Col Frank E. Herrelko, USAF
2017 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Dennis M. Chiari

Dennis M. Chiari
2017 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Portrait of Mary H. "Polly" Budenbach

Mary H. "Polly" Budenbach
2017 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Richard L. “Dick” Bernard

Richard L. “Dick” Bernard
2018 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Seymour R. Cray

Seymour R. Cray
2018 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Whitney E. Reed

Whitney E. Reed
2018 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Michael J. Jacobs

Michael J. Jacobs
2018 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Hilda Faust Mathieu

Hilda Faust Mathieu
2018 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Edward M. Drake, Director of Canada's first permanent cryptologic agency.

Edward M. Drake
2019 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Chief Radioman Harry Kidder, USN – In the 1920s, he recognized the importance of intelligence about Japan and conducted intercept as a voluntary extra duty.

Chief Harry Kidder, USN
2019 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Courtesy of the Lasswell Family

Col Alva Bryan Lasswell, USMC
2019 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF – Director, NSA / Chief, CSS from 1996 to 1999

Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF
2019 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Lester K. Myers

Lester K. Myers
2020 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Dr. Whitfield Diffie

Dr. Whitfield Diffie
2020 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Barbara A. McNamara

Barbara A. McNamara
2020 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Dr. David Kahn

Dr. David Kahn
2020 Hall of Honor Inductee
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George R. Cotter

George R. Cotter
2020 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Jack Mortick

Jack C. Mortick
2021 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Joseph E. Gilligan

Joseph E. Gilligan, Jr.
2021 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Clifford Cocks, James Ellis, and Malcolm Williamson
2021 Hall of Honor Inductees
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Ms. Eunice Russell Willson Rice

Ms. Eunice Russell Willson Rice
2022 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Mr. Youn P. Kim

Mr. Youn P. (YP) Kim
2022 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Mr. Richard George

Richard “Dickie” George
2022 Hall of Honor Inductee
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Mr. Robert Ortestes Ferner

Robert Orestes Ferner
2022 Hall of Honor Inductee
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