Captain Fred Demech, USN (ret), an ICON in the cryptologic community, passed from this life on March 11, after a long battle with cancer. Captain Demech twice served as the Executive Director for the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in the White House. For this service, Captain Demech was awarded the nation's highest peacetime military decoration, The Defense Distinguished Service Medal. Among many other awards Captain Demech held the Legion of Merit. Burial will be in Arlington.