MHC Professor Lake Nominated to Direct the CIA

Anthony Lake, who has been a professor of international relations at Mount Holyoke since 1984, was nominated on December 5 to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Lake's nomination requires Senate confirmation. He has been on leave from the College since January 1993, serving the Clinton administration as national security adviser.

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"Mount Holyoke College is especially proud to learn that Anthony Lake has been nominated by the president to head the nation's intelligence agency," said President Joanne Creighton. "His colleagues and former students here know him to be a thoughtful scholar, an astute policy analyst, and a forceful leader with a strong moral compass. While Professor Lake is missed as a professor of international relations here, his work as national security adviser to President Clinton has done great service to the nation and the world. I am confident that he will continue his record of judicious and effective leadership should he move on to the new role."

An accomplished scholar who has written and edited many books and articles, Lake also has had extensive government experience throughout his career. Among his posts, he has served in a number of positions within the State Department, including as director of policy planning in the State Department during the Carter presidency. Among his books are Somoza Falling (1989), Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (1984), and The "Tar Baby Option": American Policy towards Southern Rhodesia.

Lake has been nominated to replace current CIA director John Deutch. Samuel Berger has been nominated to take Lake's job as national security adviser.