Dennis Mark Nagy was acting of the Defense Intelligence Agency from September 1991 to November 1991.
Education
Nagy, who is of Hungarian ancestry, attended the United States. Air Force Academy and graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in international relations and a commission in the United States. Air Force. He served as a pilot in the Air Force and, in 1965 and 1966, attended graduate school at Georgetown University in international relations.
Career
He began his DIA career in July 1969 as an intelligence analyst. His first permanent assignment was in 1970 with the newly formed ate of Estimates (Delaware). During a succession of progressively responsible assignments in Delaware, Nagy focused on Soviet strategic nuclear and space forces and on policy and doctrinal issues.
He was the principal drafter of numerous departmental and national estimates.
His service with Delaware culminated in being selected twice by the of Central Intelligence’s National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs as manager of the annual National Intelligence Estimate for Soviet Strategic Nuclear Forces. In late 1980, Nagy became a DIA executive and was selected to be the first deputy vice director for overall management of program development for estimative, basic, and scientific and technical intelligence production.
During several extended periods, Nagy served as the acting vice director In 1981, Nagy personally directed the development of the first issue of, Department of Defense ’s annual publication on Soviet military policies and forces.
In 1985, Nagy was appointed to the position of Assistant Deputy for Research.
In this capacity, he held the position of chief of the ate for Research (Data Base), DIA’s largest single military intelligence production organization. He also served as the General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) functional manager for general military intelligence and as the chairman of the Council of Defense Intelligence Producers and the Military Targeting Committee. From there, Nagy was appointed to the position of executive director, DIA, elevating him to the Agency’s command element and ranking him as the Agency’s senior civilian.
Nagy was appointed deputy director and became acting director in September 1991.
Membership
In September 1982, Nagy became a charter member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service.