Obituaries

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Donald V. MulcahyCIA Administrator

Donald Vincent Mulcahy, 89, a senior administrator with the CIA who joined the agency when it began in 1947, died of complications of a respiratory ailment June 26 at the Fountains at Washington House, a retirement community in Alexandria.

He was born in Brockton, Mass., and graduated from Boston College. He served in the Navy during World War II and helped save the lives of several sailors when an oil container ship exploded while docked in the harbor at Recife, Brazil. He received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his efforts.

After the war, he returned to Boston College and earned a master's degree in sociology.

In 1947, he moved his family to Washington and began recruiting for the CIA. He retired from the agency as senior administrator in 1975.

He lived in Annandale before moving to Alexandria nine years ago.

His wife, Helen "Buddy" Mulcahy, died in 1999. Two sons also preceded him in death, Kevin Mulcahy in 1982 and Brendan Mulcahy in 1998.

Survivors include four children, Sheila Finan of Reston, Colleen Scott of Naples, Fla., Brian Mulcahy of Towson and Shawn Mulcahy of Annandale; 16 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb