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After graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an industrial engineering degree, he joined the Secret Service in 1951 and protected Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon during his 20-year tenure. He retired in 1971 as the agency’s deputy director. He penned his memoir, \\\"20 Years in the Secret Service: My Life with Five Presidents,\\\" before returning to Georgia, where he resided with Peggy, his wife of 53 years, and his family until his death in 1996. 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