Famous Agents
Some notable agents from the FBI I found are Melvin Purvis (Little Mel), Theodore Gunderson (Ted Gunderson), Joseph Dominick Pistone (Donnie Brasco), William Mark Felt, Sr. (Mark Felt)
Melvin Purvis was born on October 24, 1903 and died on February 29, 1960. He received his degree in law from the University of South Carolina. He joined the FBI in 1927 and had been head of the Investigation Division offices in Birmingham, Oklahoma City, and Cincinnati. He was an FBI agent of high renown and was nicknamed ‘Little Mel’ on account of his short stature. He is best known for assisting in the arrest of some of the most notorious outlaws like: Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger
Theodore L. Gunderson, better known as Ted Gunderson, was born on November 7, 1928 and died on July 31, 2011 at the age of 82 years. He graduated from the University of Nebraska and joined the FBI in December, 1951. He was Senior Special Agent in Charge in Los Angeles and Special Agent in Charge in Dallas and Memphis. He is best known for handling the Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy cases. He authored the best-selling book How to Locate Anyone Anywhere. He founded a private investigation firm, Ted L. Gunderson & Associates after retiring from the FBI.
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He joined the FBI as an agent in 1942 and retired from it as Associate Director in 1973. After the death of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover on May 2, 1972, Mark Felt became Associate Director. During the investigation of the Watergate scandal, Felt provided sensitive information to the Washington Post reporter Woodword. This information ultimately caused the resignation of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. In 1980, Felt was convicted of a felony and was ordered to pay a $7,000 fine, but President Ronald Reagan pardoned him during his
Some notable agents from the FBI I found are Melvin Purvis (Little Mel), Theodore Gunderson (Ted Gunderson), Joseph Dominick Pistone (Donnie Brasco), William Mark Felt, Sr. (Mark Felt)
Melvin Purvis was born on October 24, 1903 and died on February 29, 1960. He received his degree in law from the University of South Carolina. He joined the FBI in 1927 and had been head of the Investigation Division offices in Birmingham, Oklahoma City, and Cincinnati. He was an FBI agent of high renown and was nicknamed ‘Little Mel’ on account of his short stature. He is best known for assisting in the arrest of some of the most notorious outlaws like: Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and John Dillinger
Theodore L. Gunderson, better known as Ted Gunderson, was born on November 7, 1928 and died on July 31, 2011 at the age of 82 years. He graduated from the University of Nebraska and joined the FBI in December, 1951. He was Senior Special Agent in Charge in Los Angeles and Special Agent in Charge in Dallas and Memphis. He is best known for handling the Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy cases. He authored the best-selling book How to Locate Anyone Anywhere. He founded a private investigation firm, Ted L. Gunderson & Associates after retiring from the FBI.
Joseph …show more content…
He joined the FBI as an agent in 1942 and retired from it as Associate Director in 1973. After the death of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover on May 2, 1972, Mark Felt became Associate Director. During the investigation of the Watergate scandal, Felt provided sensitive information to the Washington Post reporter Woodword. This information ultimately caused the resignation of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. In 1980, Felt was convicted of a felony and was ordered to pay a $7,000 fine, but President Ronald Reagan pardoned him during his