Background
Christenson, Ronald L. was born on November 11, 1947 in Flint, Michigan, United States.
Christenson, Ronald L. was born on November 11, 1947 in Flint, Michigan, United States.
Graduate, United States Naval Academy, 1969. Degree, California Institute of Technology.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy advanced through grades to rear admiral, United States Navy assigned to, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 15, United States Ship Guam assigned to, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, Patuxent River, Maryland., 1975; Sea King pilot, 820 and 706 Naval Squadrons, Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose, England, 1977-1979; administrative officer, maintenance officer, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 5 United States Ship Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1981; member of staff, Commander, Sea Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Wings Atlantic, 1982; Executive officer, then commanding officer, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 7, United States Ship John F. Kennedy, 1983-1986; aviation enlisted assignment officer, Naval Military Pers. Command, 1986-1988; with, Naval Nuc. Power Program, 1988; Executive officer, United States Ship Theodore Roosevelt, 1990-1991; conductor, United States Ship Dubuque, Sasebo, Japan, 1992-1994; 5th commanding officer, United States Ship Theodore Roosevelt, 1994-1996; head carrier programs and aviation manpower and training branches, United States Navy, Washington, since 1997.
Married Sharon Lee McIntyre. Children: Scot, Martin.