Background
Schemmer, Benjamin F. was born on April 22, 1932 in Winner, South Dakota, United States. Son of Clinton Henry and Minna Mathilda (Heese) Schemmer.
Schemmer, Benjamin F. was born on April 22, 1932 in Winner, South Dakota, United States. Son of Clinton Henry and Minna Mathilda (Heese) Schemmer.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1954.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, West Point, New York, 1954, 1st lieutenant, 1957, various posts Infantry School, 2d Armored Division, 5th Infantry Division United States and Federal Republic of Germany, resigned, 1957. Customer liason manager The Boeing Company, Seattle, 1959-1963, manager advanced systems planning Vertol division Philadelphia, 1963-1964. Director land force weapons systems Office Secretary of Defense, Washington, 1965-1967.
Editor Armed Forces Journal International, from 1968. Consultant Department of Army, Washington, 1965. Guest lecturer National War College, National Defense University, Washington, since 1968, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, since 1968, Navy War College, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Air Force Special Operations School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Air War College, since 1968.
Co-founder Colonel Arthur D. Simons Scholarship Fund, Dallas, 1980. Board visitors Defense Systems Management College. Board advisors School Defense Journalism Boston University.
Married Cynthia Blythe Sweatt, February 14, 1955 (deceased). 1 child, Clinton Howard. Married Lu Anne Kathryn Levens, October 20, 1979.