Background
Charles Nuzum was born in Bourbon County, Kansas in 1923.
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Education
In 1948 he graduated from the University of Michigan and later joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1954.
Career
Nuzum was chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation"s bankruptcy, antitrust and wiretapping unit at the time of the break-in at the Watergate office. When Nuzum was a child, his family moved to Saint St. Petersburg, Florida. When World World War II started Nuzum was attending Saint St. Petersburg Junior College, later serving as a pilot flying a B-24 in the Army Air forces.
Nuzum moved to Washington in the late 1960s.
At the time of the Watergate scandal, Mr. Nuzum was chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation"s bankruptcy, antitrust, and wiretapping unit
Nuzum lead the investigation into the Watergate burglary. The investigation revealed that the White House was connected to the burglary, and the burglary to an ever so expanding set of other numerous crimes, taken under to punish the so-called political enemies of Nixon"s administration.
Felt then passed the information on to L. Patrick Gray, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s acting director
Many of the key memos from this period contain the name and initials of Charles Nuzum. In 1975, Charles Nuzum retired. Shortly after retiring, Nuzum returned to Florida and became employed by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, as a state beverage division chief
At the time of his retirement in 1983, he was president of the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators.
In 2008, Nuzum suffered an accidental fall. He was hospitalized at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where he died on August 2.
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Membership
Nuzum was also a valued member of the "Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.".
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August 2, 2008 (aged 85)
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Distinguished Flying Cross; Purple Heart Distinguished Flying Cross; Purple Heart; Air Medal
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.