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After serving in World War II, he joined the FBI in San Francisco. He moved to Falls Church in the late 1940s when he was transferred to the Washington field office and, later, the FBI headquarters. He retired in 1975.

He worked on nuclear plant security for the Mitre Corp. in Washington from 1978 to 1979 and was an investigator for the House Ethics Committee from 1979 to 1981.

Mr. Glass was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up near Pittsburgh. He was a star end on the football team at Bucknell University and graduated in 1942. He was considering a professional career when he joined the Army Air Forces in World War II. He was stationed in India as a B-29 pilot, flying over the Himalayas.

He moved to West Palm Beach, Fla., in 1983 and to California in 2000.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Irene Glass of Laguna Woods; two children, Becky Glass of Geneseo, N.Y., and Geoffrey Glass of Laguna Beach; and four grandchildren.

Donald Joseph HealeyCIA Station Chief

Donald Joseph Healey, 73, who served 35 years in the Central Intelligence Agency before retiring in 1993 as station chief in Tokyo, died July 9 at his home in Ocean Grove, N.J. He had liver cancer.

Mr. Healey, who lived on and off in the Washington area during his career, was an Asian specialist at the CIA. His decorations included the CIA Intelligence Medal of Merit.

In retirement, he became a founding member of the Langley Group, a Washington-based consulting business specializing in international affairs. He also participated in federal efforts to reorganize the intelligence community.

He was a native of Union City, N.J., and a 1953 history and philosophy graduate of St. Peter's College in Jersey City. In 1961, he received a master's degree in political science and history from the Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, followed by two years of Asian studies at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques in Paris.

Mr. Healey was an Army veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Maureen Black Healey of Ocean Grove and Naples, Fla.; four children, Brian J. Healey of North Andover, Mass., Daniel R. Healey of Davidsonville, John M. Healey of Princeton, N.J., and Elizabeth M. Lande of Kirkland, Wash.; a brother, Daniel P. Healey of Baltimore; and eight grandchildren.


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