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CALEA Commissioner John D. Glover hails from Miami, Florida, where he attended local public schools, graduating in 1957, with honors, and as president of his senior class. He played football and basketball, achieving all-state honors in both sports.

 

He attended Florida A&M University on a football scholarship, graduating with honors in 1962 with a degree in Education. After graduation, John returned to Miami where he taught and coached football and basketball for four years.

 

He joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1966, starting in Kansas City, Missouri, where he investigated general crimes. Over the next ten years, John took on various assignments with the FBI in Washington, DC, the FBI Academy, and in their Newark, New Jersey office.

 

Commissioner Glover was then assigned to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Division, where he was the Special Agent in Charge of all FBI operations in the state. During this time, he led an investigation that closed down an entire organized crime family. In 1980, he was transferred to Atlanta, Georgia, also as the Special Agent in Charge.  There he was in charge of the Atlanta Child Murders Investigation, one of the most notorious serial killing cases in U.S. history.

 

In 1983, Commissioner Glover was designated Assistant Director of the Planning and Inspection Division, and in 1986, was promoted to Executive Assistant Director – Administration, where he was responsible for the day-to-day administrative operations of the FBI. While serving as an Executive Assistant Director, he attained a Master of Public Administration degree, and subsequently, received a Doctorate in Public Administration.

 

He retired from the FBI in 1989 and joined the corporate sector as a Vice President, Corporate Security for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. He coordinated numerous international anti-counterfeiting investigations, and founded the Pharmaceutical Security Institute, the pharmaceutical industry’s anti-crime organization.

 

Dr. Glover retired in 2002 and now lives in south Florida where he has a small security consulting business. He is also a trustee on the Former FBI Agents Foundation. He has served on the CALEA Commission since January 1, 2001.

 


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