Claude Milton Kicklighter

August 22, 1933

Glennville, Georgia, United States

Commissioned officer United States Army, 1955, advanced through grades to lieutenant general. Staff Department Army, 1968-1970. With 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam, 1970-1971. Commander 1st Battalion 21st Field Artillery, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1972-1973. Staff Office Joint Chief of Staff, 1974-1975, Office Defense Rep-Iran, Teheran, 1975-1976. Commander 24th Infantry Division Artillery, Fort Stewart, Georgia, 1977-1978. Assistant division Commander, 1978-1979. Assistant chief staff logistics Allied Forces Central Europe, The Netherlands, 1979-1981. Commanding general Security Assistance Center, Alexandria, Virginia, 1981-1983. Chief of staff United States Army Materiel Development & Readiness Command, 1983-1984. Commanding general 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 1984-1986. Assistant deputy chief of staff of logistics United States Army, Washington, 1986-1987, director of army staff, 1987-1989. Commanding general United States Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, 1989-1990. Commander United States Army Pacific, 1989—1991. Deputy under secretary of army international affairs, United States Army United States Department Defense, Washington, 1995—1999. Assistant secretary for policy & planning United States Department Veterans Affairs, 2001—2003. Assistant secretary for policy, planning & preparedness United States Department Veterans Affairs, 2003—2005, chief of staff, 2005. Special advisory for stabilization & security operations in Iraq & Afghanistan United States Department State, 2004. Inspector general United States Department Defense, 2007—2008. Director principal investigator, The Critical Infrastructure Protection Program George Mason University School Law, Arlington, Virginia, since 2008. Board directors Habitat for Humanity, International, 1996—2001, chairman, 1998—2001.

Claude Milton Kicklighter Edit Profile

academic administrator

Background

Kicklighter, Claude Milton was born on August 22, 1933 in Glennville, Georgia, United States. Son of Claude Wilton and Ruby Dell (Drake) Kicklighter.

Education

AB, Mercer University, 1955. Master of Arts, George Washington University. Graduate National and International Security Program, Harvard University, 1981.

Graduate Senior Managers in Government Program, Harvard University, 1982.

Career

Commissioned officer United States Army, 1955, advanced through grades to lieutenant general. Staff Department Army, 1968-1970. With 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam, 1970-1971.

Commander 1st Battalion 21st Field Artillery, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1972-1973. Staff Office Joint Chief of Staff, 1974-1975, Office Defense Rep-Iran, Teheran, 1975-1976. Commander 24th Infantry Division Artillery, Fort Stewart, Georgia, 1977-1978.

Assistant division Commander, 1978-1979. Assistant chief staff logistics Allied Forces Central Europe, The Netherlands, 1979-1981. Commanding general Security Assistance Center, Alexandria, Virginia, 1981-1983.

Chief of staff United States Army Materiel Development & Readiness Command, 1983-1984. Commanding general 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 1984-1986. Assistant deputy chief of staff of logistics United States Army, Washington, 1986-1987, director of army staff, 1987-1989.

Commanding general United States Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, 1989-1990. Commander United States Army Pacific, 1989—1991. Deputy under secretary of army international affairs, United States Army United States Department Defense, Washington, 1995—1999.

Assistant secretary for policy & planning United States Department Veterans Affairs, 2001—2003. Assistant secretary for policy, planning & preparedness United States Department Veterans Affairs, 2003—2005, chief of staff, 2005. Special advisory for stabilization & security operations in Iraq & Afghanistan United States Department State, 2004.

Inspector general United States Department Defense, 2007—2008. Director principal investigator, The Critical Infrastructure Protection Program George Mason University School Law, Arlington, Virginia, since 2008. Board directors Habitat for Humanity, International, 1996—2001, chairman, 1998—2001.

Achievements

Claude Milton Kicklighter has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Exley, April 24, 1954. Children: Elizabeth Jane, Claude M., Richard Van.

Father:: Claude Wilton Kicklighter
Mother:: Ruby Dell (Drake) Kicklighter
Spouse:: Elizabeth Exley
child:: Claude M. Kicklighter
child:: Richard Van Kicklighter
child:: Elizabeth Jane Kicklighter

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Born

August 22, 1933

Glennville, Georgia, United States
Nationality
American
Religion
Episcopalian

Awards

Decorated Distinguished Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service medal, Legion of Merit with three bronze oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Air medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Army Comendation medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters, Argentina Order of May, Distinguished Public Service, United States Department Defense, 2004 others.

Decorated Distinguished Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service medal, Legion of Merit with three bronze oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Air medal with bronze oak leaf cluster, Army Comendation medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters, Argentina Order of May, Distinguished Public Service, United States Department Defense, 2004 others.

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