Dulles, Virginia takes its name from former U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1888–1959). Orbital ATK has its headquarters on Warp Drive in Dulles. AOL had its headquarters at 22000 AOL Way in Dulles. In 2007 AOL announced that it would move its headquarters from Loudoun County to New York City; though it would continue to operate its Virginia offices. Before its dissolution, FLYi, Inc./Independence Air (originally Atlantic Coast Airlines) was headquartered in Dulles. Prior to its dissolution, MAXjet Airways was headquartered on the grounds of Washington Dulles International Airport and in Dulles. Cryptek was headquartered in Dulles before its acquisition
John Foster Dulles Allen Dulles, served as the Director of Central Intelligence from 1953 to 1961. John Foster Dulles served on the War Industries Board during World War I and he was a U.S. legal counsel at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. He became a member of the League of Free Nations Association, which supported American membership in the League of Nations. Dulles also helped design the Dawes Plan, which sought to stabilize Europe by reducing German war reparations. Dulles served as the chief foreign policy adviser to Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948. He also helped draft