Obituaries

Mark Jeremiah Sullivan Jr.CIA Official

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Mark Jeremiah Sullivan Jr., 75, an analyst and longtime official with the CIA, died June 1 of complications of lung cancer at the Washington Home hospice in the District. He lived in Washington.

Mr. Sullivan joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1956 and worked as an analyst, writer and briefer in the United States and abroad. He was executive secretary of the National Intelligence Board and National Foreign Intelligence Council. He was also chief of the East European Division of the Office of European Analysis when the Solidarity movement was taking hold in Poland.

He was senior editor of the National Intelligence Daily and served two years in London, where he worked in concert with U.S. arms-control negotiators. After his retirement in 1994, he was a consultant with Raytheon and Science Applications International Corp.

Mr. Sullivan was born in Sayre, Pa., and graduated in 1953 from Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. He served in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1956.

He did graduate work at Georgetown University and attended a program for senior security executives at Harvard University.

Mr. Sullivan was a member of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Washington. He was also a member of Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired (DACOR) and enjoyed playing bridge.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Louise Nichols Sullivan of Washington; four children, Mark J. Sullivan III of Silver Spring, Catherine E. Sullivan and Virginia S. Felix, both of La Jolla, Calif., and Robert C. Sullivan of Asheville, N.C.; and nine grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel