As the Soviet Union’s Communist regime collapsed Wetzel was Chief of a major operational analysis group at the NSA. She saw the Division through the critical time of the Agency’s restructuring to align with new world issues. She moved through several managerial positions in the 1990s including Commandant of the National Cryptologic School.
Premier linguist and codebreaker at NSA reconstructing many codes during her 30-year career.
During the 1980s, Laura Holmes served as a career cryptanalyst and supervisor against a series of challenging manual cryptosystems at the NSA. She also developed considerable expertise in an impressive number of target languages.
An innovative linguist who was a prime advocate of new ways of exploiting language materials and developed highly-valuable intelligence information at a time when the U.S. lacked other sources.
Signal Security Agency (SSA, later NSA) cryptanalyst
The first African American woman in the NSA to give instruction in signals analysis and the first African American woman assigned as an Agency recruiter.
Chief of the Learning Center at the NSA, where she was instrumental in instituting a number of programs, including the implementation of the sign language course.
Joining the NSA during WWII, she fought diligently, though quietly, for better opportunities for talented but underutilized employees.
Anna “Nancy” Strong was a member of the Culper Spy Ring in Setauket NY during the American Revolution.
Ms. Barbara McNamara demonstrated extraordinary leadership qualities in advancing NSA’s mission, enhancing cooperation with other US agencies, and developing foreign partner relations.