Bruce J. Gebhardt

Bruce J. Gebhardt (born 1949/50) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent who served as Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Bruce J. Gebhardt
Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
In office 2002–2004
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas J. Pickard
Succeeded by	John S. Pistole
Personal details
Born	1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)[1] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Western Illinois University Sam Houston University

The son of Bob Gebhardt, also an FBI agent and special agent in charge,^[2] he was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended Western Illinois University and Sam Houston University, earning a master's degree in criminology from the latter.^[3]

He joined the FBI as a special agent in 1974; prior to his service as deputy director, he had served as special agent in charge of the Phoenix Division and San Francisco Divisions of the agency.^[4] In May 2002, he was appointed by director Robert Mueller as executive assistant director for Criminal Investigations; he served in the position until August 2002 when he was appointed deputy director.^[5] Gebhardt retired from the FBI as deputy director in 2004.^[3] Following his retirement from the FBI, he was hired by MGM Mirage in November 2004 as senior vice president of global security, overseeing security at MGM Mirage properties.^[1]

He was awarded the FBI Medal of Valor in 1976, the FBI's highest honor for heroism, for actions taken as a special agent during a plane hijacking at the Denver Airport on April 18, 1976. Gebhardt and a partner, who had been stationed on a plane in which a hijacker had taken hostages, opened fire on the hijacker killing him in the process and saving the hostages.^[6][3]

References

1. "MGM Mirage Hires Former FBI Deputy Director to Oversee Security from Associated Press".
2. Casper, Robert A. Sr. (1 October 2015). The FBI, a Vocation to Serve. Page Publishing Inc. ISBN 9781681390079 – via Google Books.
3. "Director Robert Mueller Announces Deputy Director Bruce Gebhardt Will be Retiring Effective October 2004".
4. "Antiterror Chief Quits F.B.I., Which Gets New Deputy". The New York Times. 16 August 2002.
5. "FBI Director Mueller Announces Bruce J. Gebhardt as Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations".
6. Graff, Garrett M. (28 March 2011). The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316120883 – via Google Books.