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William Joseph "Wild Bill" [1] Donovan KBE (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat. He is best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), during World War II.
William John Donovan Jr. (born May 30, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.Before moving to the NBA, he served as the head basketball coach at the University of Florida from 1996 to 2015, and led his Florida Gator teams to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007, as well as an NCAA championship ...
Bill Donovan (1876–1923), pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball; Bill Donovan (Boston Braves pitcher) (1916–1997), pitcher in Major League Baseball; Billy Donovan (born 1965), American basketball coach and former player; William F. Donovan (1865–1928), Harvard University coach; William Fitz Donovan (1873–1930), American football ...
Wild Bill Donovan may refer to: Bill Donovan (1876–1923), Major League Baseball pitcher William J. Donovan (1883–1959), general and head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
William Edward Donovan (October 13, 1876 – December 9, 1923), nicknamed "Wild Bill" and "Smiling Bill", was an American right-handed baseball pitcher and manager. Donovan played Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators (1898), Brooklyn Superbas (1899–1902), and Detroit Tigers (1903–1912).
The head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), William Donovan, created the X-2 Counter Espionage Branch in 1943 to provide liaison with and assist the British in its exploitation of the Ultra program's intelligence during World War II. [1]
The Veterans of the OSS was founded in 1947 by General William Donovan. [1] In 1997, the name OSS Society was adopted, and the Society moved to Washington, DC. [1]
Its first chairman was former head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) William Joseph Donovan, who had left the government after the war and was in private law practice. [1] The vice-chairman was Allen Welsh Dulles, who also had left the government and was in private practice. He later joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1951. [1]