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Floyd Clarke
Floyd I. Clarke (born January 7, 1942) is a former acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States. Biography Clarke was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts and later a law degree. He joined the FBI as a special agent in 1964, working in the Birmingham, Boston, Philadelphia, and Kansas City Divisions as well as at FBI Headquarters. He progressed from special agent to supervisor, assistant special agent in charge, special agent in charge, assistant director, executive assistant director, deputy director, and finally acting director. Bill Clinton, the forty-second president of the United States, was inaugurated on January 20, 1993, and resolved to replace then FBI director William S. Sessions. Sessions was dismissed on July 19 after refusing to resign, and Louis Freeh was nominated to the post at a Rose Garden ceremony the following day. Clarke was named a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Floyd (given Name)
Floyd is a masculine Anglo-Welsh given name deriving from the Welsh language, Welsh ''Llwyd'' (“gray, Human_hair_color#Gray_and_white_hair, gray-haired”) and thus cognate with Lloyd (name), Lloyd. Notable people with this name include: * Floyd Abrams (born 1936), American attorney * Floyd Bannister (born 1955), retired Major League Baseball pitcher * Floyd Collins (1887–1925), American pioneer caver * Floyd Council (1911–1976), American blues musician * Floyd Cramer (1933–1997), American pianist * Floyd Favors (born 1963), American boxer * Floyd Gottfredson (1905–1986), American cartoonist best known for his work on the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip * Floyd Heard (born 1966), American track and field sprinter * Floyd Hudlow (1943–2021), American football player * Floyd Jones (1917–1989), American blues singer * Floyd Landis (born 1975), American cyclist * Floyd Levine (born 1932), American film and television actor * Floyd Little (1942–2021), American football hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |