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My Take
Dennis C. Blair is one of those resumes that makes me sit up. A retired four-star Navy admiral who commanded U.S. forces across the Pacific, then served as Director of National Intelligence, with a Rhodes Scholarship and Oxford behind him and a White House Fellowship along the way. The Maine roots and the later turn to teaching round out a life spent inside the machinery of American power. What interests me most is the receipt of Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, first class, a quiet signal of how much his Pacific work mattered diplomatically. This is a career, not a celebrity, and I find that refreshing.
Overview
Dennis Cutler Blair (born February 4, 1947) is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and a retired United States Navy admiral who was the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific region. Blair was a career officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the White House during the presidencies of both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Blair retired from the Navy in 2002 as an Admiral.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dennis C. Blair
- Name (Japanese)
- デニス・C・ブレア
- Reading
- でにす・C・ぶれあ
- Born
- February 4, 1947 (age 79)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Boar
- Origin
- Kittery, Maine, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- military officer / university teacher / spy
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Worcester College
Awards & achievements
- Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
- Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
- White House Fellows
- 1968 Rhodes Scholarship
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.