Anthony Lapham
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Anthony Lapham | |
|---|---|
| Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
| In office 1962–1966 | |
| Executive Assistant to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office 1965–1967 | |
| 3rd General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| In office June 1, 1976 – May 9, 1979 | |
| President | |
| Directors | |
| Preceded by | John S. Warner |
| Succeeded by | Daniel B. Silver |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 22, 1936 |
| Died | November 11, 2006 (aged 70) Somewhere on the Cane River |
| Parent | Lewis A. Lapham |
| Alma mater | Yale University Georgetown University Law Center |
| Sibling | Lewis H. Lapham |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | |
| Battles/wars | Cold War |
Anthony "Tony" Abbott Lapham was the 3rd General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), acting as the CIA's chief legal officer during the chaotic period of the Church Committee.[1] Lapham was also known as an environmentalist, and was chairman of American Rivers, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving rivers, and died while on a trout fishing trip on the Cane River.[2] He served on the board of the Krebser Fund for Rappahannock County Conservation and was a trustee of Ocean Conservancy, American Farmland Trust, National Audubon Society, Environmental Defense Fund and the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States.[2]