1. BURTON
L.
GERBER
2200
17TH
ST
NW
#207
WASHINGTON,
DC,
20009
202-­‐841-­‐7110,
burton33@msn.com
For
whom
it
may
concern,
Greetings:
Re:
James
Gerlach
III
I
am
pleased
to
recommend
to
you
James
Gerlach
III
as
a
man
whose
character,
diligence,
determination
and
overall
personality
will
bring
excellent
value
to
the
company
that
employs
him.
As
a
retired
senior
operations
officer
in
the
Central
Intelligence
Agency
(39
years)
and
as
an
adjunct
professor
in
the
Security
Studies
Program
in
the
graduate
school
of
Georgetown
University
I
have
extensive
experience
in
evaluating
the
talents
and
skills
of
CIA
officers
and
students.
Qualities
I
look
for
include
work
ethic/determination.
Jimmy
has
demonstrated
these
qualities
in
his
experience
in
college
and
professional
sports
and
his
ability
to
handle
success
and
failure.
He
is
a
thoughtful
and
thorough
student
of
the
game
of
baseball,
persistent
in
training
for
and
executing
the
requisite
skills
and
able
to
recover
and
push
on
when
adversity
struck.
In
work
environments,
this
ability
to
execute
and
in
adverse
circumstances
to
bounce
back
and
again
target
success
will
be
important.

2.
Another
quality
I
expected
in
my
officers
and
now
in
my
students
is
the
ability
to
be
both
a
team
player
and
an
individual
achiever.
Jimmy
has
this
quality
in
abundance
because
baseball
of
all
sports
most
requires
it.
On
defense,
players
must
focus
on
joint
efforts.
On
offense,
a
batter
stands
alone
at
the
plate
and
his
success
depends
upon
him
alone.
Once
on
base,
he
again
depends
upon
his
team
to
bring
him
home.
Jimmy
knows
this
well
and
understands
how
to
combine
teamwork
and
individual
endeavor
to
maximize
success
in
whatever
field
he
is
working
in.
Jimmy’s
life
experience
has
ensured
that
he
is
capable
of
working
with
persons
of
diverse
backgrounds
and
personalities.
He
knows
how
bring
out
the
best
in
teammates
and
companions.
He
achieves
success
through
leadership
and
example,
skills
key
to
success
in
sports
and
especially
in
business.
Because
of
his
background,
Jimmy
strives
for
success,
not
satisfied
with
insufficient
commitment
or
effort.
His
personal
qualities
are
exceptionally
strong—friendly,
helpful,
generous
in
spirit,
adaptable
and
proud
of
doing
the
best.
I
have
known
Jimmy
in
his
early
years
through
long
association
with
his
family
and
then
in
the
final
years
of
his
college
experience.
In
my
career
I
needed
successfully
to
judge
men
and
women
for
their
character
and
their
professional
qualities.
In
this
context,
I
recommend
Jimmy
to
you.
Sincerely
Burton
L.
Gerber