Kallstrom James

American FBI agent and Chief of the New York division. A natural leader from the time he was a kid, Kallstrom was head of his gang from the time he was nine, calling the shots and telling other kids what to do. The son of a jazz musician and a nurse, he was the second of three kids. He earned his MBA in 1966 and spent four years in the Marines, wounded in the leg during his 13 months in Vietnam. Joining the FBI, his leadership was recognized in the training school. Blunt-spoken, he cussed like a trooper and was a gruff leader who hated such formalities as symbolized by wearing a tie. In 1971, he was assigned to the New York Division, the same year that he married Sue. He was a strong family man with two daughters. Over the next 20 years, Kallstrom rose through the ranks to become Chief of the Division in February 1995. The following year he was in charge of the investigation of the crash of TWA Flight 800 in which 230 people were lost on 17 July 1996; one of whom was a dear friend. Kallstrom was host of the Discovery Channel show The FBI Files. He died on 4 July 2021 at the age of 78. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less