Eugene LaVar Barbezat

Background

Barbezat, Eugene LaVar was born on September 28, 1936 in St. Johns, Arizona, United States. Son of Fred Eugene Barbezat and Madge (Gibbons) Kindall.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Brigham Young University, 1963. Master of Arts in International Relations, University Southern California, 1980.

Career

Probation officer Ada County Probate Court, Boise, Idaho, 1963-1965. State probation officer 9th District Court, Ogden, Utah, 1965-1966. Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1966, advanced through grades to lieutenant colonel, 1981.

Chief Intelligence Report Center, 497th Reconaissance Technology Group, Wiesbaden, Federal Republic Germany, 1968-1973. Staff officer 7/13 Air Force, Nakon Phenom, Thailand, 1967—1968, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1973-1977, 84-85. Staff member committee on imagery and exploitation Department Defense, 1975—1977.

Member indications and warning study group, 1980—1984. Staff officer Headquarters United States European Command, Vaihaingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1977-1980. Chief Indications and Warning Center, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 1980-1984.

DIA liaison officer to United States Coast Guard Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1984—1985, staff officer, 1984—1985. Retired, 1985; staff integration and test software engineer Martin Marietta, Denver, 1985-1992. Documentation specialist Computer Data Systems Inc., Lakewood, 1992—1998.

Staff member committee on imagery and exploitation Department Defense, 1975-1977, member indications and warning study group, 1980-1984.

Achievements

• Eugene LaVar Barbezat has been listed as a noteworthy computer engineer, military officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Views

Death is a necessary step in human progression, just as birth was. Sometime after death, the spirit and body will be reunited— and never to be separated again. This is called resurrection, and it was made possible by the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Membership

Commissioner, scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Denver, 1986-1992. Commissioner, Fort Collins, 1994-1998, 2006-2009. Member Operation Santa Claus, Denver, 1987-1992.

President Homeowners Association, 1994-1995. Member of DAV (life), Veterans Foreign Wars, Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture (Wood Badge), Order of Arrow, American Legion, Denver Zoological Foundation, Denver Museum Natural History, Air Force Association, Association Former Intelligence Officers, Military Officer Association of America (life).

Interests

• Avocations: camping, skiing, fishing, reading, music.

Connections

Married Karen Elizabeth Leichner, December 22, l970. Children: Michele Lynn, Sean Michael.

Father:

Fred Eugene Barbezat Kindall

Mother:

Madge (Gibbons) Kindall

Spouse:

Karen Elizabeth Leichner

child:

Michele Lynn Barbezat

child:

Sean Michael Barbezat