Background
Culp, Gary was born on March 14, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Chester Harold and Alice May (Cole) Culp.
Culp, Gary was born on March 14, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Chester Harold and Alice May (Cole) Culp.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University Arkansas, 1962. Master of Science in Engineering Space Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, 1964. Master of Science in Engineering Management, Northeastern University, Boston, 1968.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1962; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1980; retired, United States Air Force, 1988; research physicist Cambridge Research laboratories, United States Air Force, Boston, 1964-1968; program manager Office of Secretary of Defense, United States Air Force, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam, 1968-1969; project officer Technology Applications Center, United States Air Force, Alexandria, Virginia, 1969-1972; headquarters staff officer, United States Air Force, Washington, 1973-1977; program director, Space Division United States Air Force, Los Angeles, 1978-1984; commander, Systems Command Inspection Center United States Air Force, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1984-1986; commander, Foreign Technology Division United States Air Force, Dayton, 1986-1988; program manager Space Systems division, Rockwell International, Seal Beach, California, since 1990. Lecturer U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1982-1986, Air Command and Staff College, United States Air Force, Montgomery, Alabama, 1982-1984, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1993. Consultant United States Air Force Systems Command, Washington, 1984-1986.
Life member Republican National Committee, Washington, since 1971. Member Northern Virginia Council Big Brothers American, Alexandria, 1974-1978. Board directors International Decathlon Academies, Costa Mesa, California, Precious Life Shelter, Los Alamitos, California, Volunteer Center of Orange County West, Huntington Beach, California.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior ), American Physical Society (life), Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (life), Air Force Association (life, Senior Officer of Year, Air Power chapter 147, Los Angeles, 1984), National Management Association, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Caryl Ann Miller, June 7, 1962. Children: Meredith Lynn, Mackinley Leigh.