J. Vinton "Vint" Lawrence (June 25, 1939 – April 9, 2016) was an artist and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency paramilitary officer from their elite Special Activities Division.
[1] Under the name of "James Vinton", he was stationed in Laos from 1962 to 1966 and had a close relationship with the Hmong leader Vang Pao in the U.S. war in Southeast Asia.
[3] Lawrence was married to National Public Radio reporter Anne Garrels.
[4] An artist by profession, he occasionally wrote about U.S. foreign policy issues.
[7] Lawrence was the great-grandson of Charles A. Coffin, cofounder and first president of General Electric corporation.