John Poindexter (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter>), Reagan's National Security Advisor: * First in

John Poindexter (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter>), Reagan's National Security Advisor: * First in his Naval Academy class * PhD from Caltech * Reached flag rank After leaving office because of the Iran-Contra scandal (during which Poindexter reportedly set up a secret communications channel on the IBM PROFS system the NSC used), Poindexter became a software developer!