RICHARD F. STOLZ Jr.

STOLZ RICHARD F. STOLZ, JR. Of Williamsburg, Virginia, died on June 9 from complications following a fall at his home. Mr. Stolz and his wife of 62 years Betty moved to Williamsburg in 1997 several years after retiring from a distinguished career as an intelligence officer. He joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1950, and served throughout Europe including Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Yugoslavia, Germany and England. Mr. Stolz retired in 1981, but in 1987 was asked to return to the Agency to lead the CIA's clandestine service as Deputy Director for Operations. He served in that capacity until his second retirement in 1990. He was twice awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Agency's highest honor. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush presented him in the Oval Office with the National Security Medal for distinguished achievement in the field of intelligence. Mr. Stolz was born in 1925 in Dayton, Ohio and moved to Summit, New Jersey in 1929. He graduated from Summit High School in 1943. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College and served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946 as an infantryman with the 398th Regiment of the100th Division in eastern France and the Rhineland. In addition to his wife, Mr. Stolz is survived by a daughter, Sarah Sullivan and her husband Shaun D. Sullivan, of Alexandria, Virginia, their sons, Kyle and Spencer Sullivan; a son Richard F. Stolz III and his wife Sally of Rockville, Maryland, their sons Peter and Robert W. Stolz; a son Robert J. Stolz and his wife Gisele of McLean, Virginia, their children Alexander, Eva and Louise Stolz, and a brother-in-law, Dan P. Thornton of Berkeley, Calif., his wife, Betsey, and their children, Peter and Nancy. A memorial service is being planned to be held in Washington D.C. in late summer.A memorial service is being planned to be held in Washington D.C. in late summer.