A. B. Krongard

Alvin Bernard Krongard, known as Buzzy, was born on October 25, 1936, and is an investment banker and intelligence official who also played lacrosse. He played the sport at Princeton University, where he graduated in philosophy in 1958, and later played for the storied amateur Mount Washington Lacrosse Club. In 1980 he was inducted as a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. After Princeton he studied law at the University of Maryland and served three years of active duty as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps. His career away from the field ran from chief executive and chairman of the investment bank Alex. Brown and Sons to the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as executive director from 2001 until 2004.