Background
Obenchain,, Irving Rock was born on May 23, 1921 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Irving Rock and Louise (Feminear) Obenchain.
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Irving Rock Obenchain
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Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1942. S.M. Entertainment in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951. Graduate, Army Command and General Staff College, 1954.
Graduate, Industrial College Armed Services, 1958.
Career
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, 1942, advanced through grades to brigadier general, 1967. Director electronics testing Army Test and Evaluation Command, 1962-1964. Commander United States Army Strategic Communications Command, Europe, 1964-1965.
Assistant manager operations, then deputy manager National Communications System, Washington, 1966-1967. Deputy director National Military Command System, Defense Communications Agency, 1968-1969. Commanding general SAFEGUARD Communications Agency, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1969-1972.
Retired (SAFEGUARD Communications Agency), 1972. Vice president Technology Service Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1972-1977. Chief engineer WWMCCS/NMCS engineering, TRW, Redondo Beach, 1977-1979.
Program manager WWMCCS/NMCS engineering, other projects TRW, Falls Church and Arlington, Virginia, 1980-1986. Assistant program manager I-S/A AMPE, TRW, Redondo Beach, California, since 1986.
Achievements
Politics
The diversity inside the Church should be respected and supported. Open debate within the Church on certain political and social issues should be encouraged.
Views
The family is the basic human community through which persons are nurtured and sustained in mutual love, responsibility, respect, and fidelity.
Membership
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Mary Williamson, May 30, 1942 (divorced July 1960). Children: Kathleen Obenchain Glass, Irving Rock III, Mary Jane Obenchain Eddins. Married Yun Suk Lew, July 25, 1962.
2 stepchildren, Dong On Kim (Mistress J.W. Kim), Jung Yun Kim (Mistress Joseph Ma).
