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Dr. Gordon Oehler Joins the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

15 January, 1998

Arlington, Va. - Dr. Gordon Oehler has agreed to join the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies as a Senior Fellow. Dr. Oehler will assist in the development and execution of the Institute's programs for the study of Biological Terrorism. He will also guide and contribute to an Institute project to develop an alternative National Security Strategy. Dr. Oehler retired from the Central Intelligence Agency on October 31, 1997 after 25 years of service. Dr. Oehler's last assignment was Director of the Non-Proliferation Center at the CIA and is recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on technology, proliferation, weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism.

Dr. Oehler will also join the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and will advise the Chairman and Board of Directors on the strategic direction of the Institute.

Dr. Oehler received both a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Doctorate in Physics from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.

After receiving his PhD, Dr. Oehler worked for a small firm in upper New York designing electronic instrumentation for metallurgical applications. He subsequently joined the Agency in 1972 and has served in a variety of analytical and management positions involving weapons systems analysis and foreign policy analysis. Included in these assignments were Chief of the Agency's Office of Scientific and Weapons research, the office responsible for the analysis and reporting to the National War College.

In April, 1989, Dr. Oehler was appointed the National Intelligence officer for Science, Technology, and Proliferation. In this capacity, he was responsible for Community affairs dealing with evolving national level S&T issues, including the worldwide proliferation of ballistic missiles and the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.

In April 1992, Dr. Oehler was appointed Director of the new Nonproliferation Center. In this capacity, Dr. Oehler has become the senior Community spokesman on proliferation issues.

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is a not-for-profit organization formed in 1994 to provide non-partisan analysis of technology and technology policy to leaders in government, business, and academia. As our logo suggests, the Institute reflects the summation of the effects of technology on society, from business to governing. Because of these combined effects, government technology policy will have enormous consequences for our nation's growth and security at a time when traditional government institutions are in transition. The Institute has conducted studies on the topics of defense acquisition reform, dual use technology, space commercialization, and biological terrorism.