About Admiral Inman -
Admiral Inman graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950, and from the National War College in 1972. He has taught at the University of Texas at Austin since 1987, and was tenured as a professor holding the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy in August 2001. Since then, he has served twice as Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. The Admiral B.R. Inman Centennial Chair in Computing Theory at the University of Texas was endowed in his honor.
Admiral Inman served in the U.S. Navy from November 1951 to July 1982, when he retired with the permanent rank of Admiral. While on active duty he served in positions of significant responsibility in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the U.S. Seventh Fleet, and in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a leader of the national security community as Director of Naval Intelligence, Vice Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Director of the National Security Agency, and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. Admiral Inman served President George H. W. Bush as Vice Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) from 1990-1993.
Admiral Inman continues to be a leader in corporate governance, business, investment and finance. He served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1987 through 1990.
He has been a leader in venture investment focusing on start-up technology companies. Since 1984, he has invested in 54 early stage companies – none of which have gone into bankruptcy. Amongst those he invested in are Oracle and Dell. He served on the board of both. Admiral Inman has also served on the board of other corporations, including SBC (now AT&T), SAIC, Xerox, Temple-Inland, Massey Energy, Fluor, and several privately held companies. He is currently a director of ACADEMI, a privately held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial industries worldwide, and a managing director of Gefinor Ventures and Limestone Ventures.
Admiral Inman is a trustee of the American Assembly, and the California Institute of Technology. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.