Background
Klimack, William Klaeve was born on January 3, 1957 in New York City. Son of Emil William and Viola Valentine (Hall) Klimack.
Klimack, William Klaeve was born on January 3, 1957 in New York City. Son of Emil William and Viola Valentine (Hall) Klimack.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1979. Master of Science in Applied Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, 1990. Master Military Arts and Science, United States Army Command-Staff College, 1991.
Postgraduate, United States Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Paterson Air Force Base, Ohio, since 1996.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1979; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1995; platoon leader, 2d Battalion, 58th Infantry, Fort Hood, Texas, 1979-1981; Executive officer, HHC, 2d Brigade, 2d. Infantry Division, Republic of Korea, 1981-1982; operations officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1983-1984; company commander, Company A, 1st Battalion, 325 Airborne Infantry, Fort Bragg, 1984-1986; operations research analyst, Army Materiel Systems Analysis Network, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1986-1990; operations officer, 4th Battalion, 17th Infantry, Fort Ord, California, 1991-1992; aide-de-camp to Lieutenant General Ebbesen, 2d Army, Atlanta, 1992-1993; deputy chief, operations assistant chief of staff, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1993-1994; chief operations division, assistant chief of staff, G3 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1994; Executive officer, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, 1994-1995; chief staff, United States Forces, Haiti, 1995-1996. Member United Nations Mission in Haiti, 1995-1996.
Fellow Explorers Club, Royal Geography Society. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Chemical Society, National Speleological Society (director Mount Rainier Steam Caves study project, volunteer National Park Service, membership committee since 1984), International Glaciospeleological Survey, British Cave Research Association, Army-Navy Club, Tau Beta Pi.