John J. Hicks was second director of National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC).

[2] Hicks graduated in 1943 from Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota with BA in international relations.

After his graduate study, he joined the Department of the Army’s G-2 staff, where he served from September 1947 to April 1952.

Between November 1969 and August 1973, Hicks held the position of Executive Director of the National Photographic Interpretation Center.

After his term as director of NPIC, Hicks returned to the CIA as an intelligence officer in the National Foreign Assessment Center.