Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, Arizona State University, 1973. Postgraduate, Air Command and Staff College, 1976. Postgraduate, Industrial College Armed Forces, 1977.
Master of Business Administration, Louisiana Technology University, 1990.
Career
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1967, advanced through grades to major general, 1997. Training officer I Corps, Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea, 1967—1968. Platoon leader 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1968.
Cobra weapons platoon leader, operations officer 101st Airborne Division, Quang Tri, Vietnam, 1970—1971, staff officer Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1971—1972. Helicopter instructor pilot 302d Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Air Force Reserve, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, 1972—1979. Pilot, group training officer, instructor pilot, executive officer 917th Tactical Fighter Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1979—1983.
Staff officer Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany, 1973—1976. Assistant director operations 452d Air Refueling Wing, March Air Force Base, California, 1987—1988. Commander 916th Air Refueling Group, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, 1988—1991, 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana, 1991—1994.
Director plans and programs Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 1994—1998. Commander 22d Air Force, Dobbina Air Reserve Base, 1998—2000. Director mobilizationand research component affairs United States European Command, Stuttgart, Germany, 2000—2001.
Vice Commander Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, since 2001.