Mrs. Altschul later instructed The New York Times. The Washington Post. Retrieved thirteen November 2010. Mr. Agee was born in Tacoma, Fla., attended Jesuit schools and graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1956. He informed the New York Times in 1974 that the CIA tried to recruit him even though he was at Notre Dame, supplying a offer plan that provided Air Force duty.