CIA Mendez, Antonio Joseph (Tony)

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Mendez
  • FORENAME
Antonio Joseph (Tony)
  • UNIT
Technical Services Division
  • RANK
Civilian
  • NUMBER

  • AWARD
Intelligence Star
  • PLACE
Iran 1979
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 15.11.1940 Eureka,Nevada
son of John George and Neva June (nee Tognoni) Mendez
moved to Denver,Colorado age 14
graduated high school
attended University of Colorado
artist
CIA 1965-90 (rank SIS-2)
Board of Directors,International Spy Museum after retirement
full-time artist
married Karen Smith (1943-1986) (3 children)
married Jonna Hiestand Goeser (CIA officer) 1990
author of
2000, Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA, memoir of his CIA experiences
2003, with Jonna Mendez and Bruce B. Henderson, Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations that Helped Win the Cold War
2012, A Classic Case of Deception, about the Canadian Caper, published by the CIA
2012, with Matt Baglio, Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History (2012), more lengthy account of the Canadian Caper.
died 19.1.2019 Frederick,Maryland
St Brendans Catholic Cemetery,Eureka,Eureka County,Nevada
 
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