Charles Gittens
Charles LeRoy Gittens (August 31, 1928 – July 27, 2011) was an American
Gittens was born in
bilingual
.
Gittens taught at a school in
Gittens was promoted to the head of the Secret Service's field office in Washington, D.C. in 1971.[2][3] He retired from the agency in 1979.[1]
He then joined the
war criminals who were residing in the United States at the Department's Office of Special Investigations.[1][2]
Charles Gittens died of complications from a heart attack at the Collington Episcopal Life Care Community, an assisted living facility in Mitchellville, Maryland, on July 27, 2011, at the age of 82.[1][2] He had moved to the facility from Fort Washington, Maryland, in 2010.[2] His first wife, Ruthie, with whom he had one daughter, died in 1991.[3] He and his second wife, Maureen, divorced.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Passings: John Wood, Charles L. Gittens". Los Angeles Times. 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Wilbur, Del Quentin (2011-08-10). "Charles L. Gittens, first black Secret Service agent, dies at 82". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Charles Gittens". The Daily Telegraph. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
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