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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Ms. Lisa Macdougall

Enlisted Navy in July 1963, Select Naval Reserve
Graduated from Collingdale High School, Collingdale, PA, June 1964
Attended Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, PA August - May 1964 Reported to United States Naval Academy, June 1964
Graduated United States Naval Academy, 1969, Bachelor of Science (Systems Engineering)
Flight Training: October 1969 - February 1971 Earned pilot wings: 5 February 1971

Duty Assignments:
VP-30 FRS: student; July 1971 - October 1971
VP-16: Legal Officer, NATOPS Officer; Oct 1971 - 10 Sep 1975
VT-3: Flight Instructor (flew first T-34C flight to NAS Whiting Field); October 1975 - April 1978 USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67): Tactical Support Center, Senior Watch Officer, Surface Warfare Officer qualified; May 1978 - July 1980
Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Graduate, 1980
VP-56: Safety/NATOPS Officer, Maintenance Officer; January 1981 - May 1984
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff: June 1984 - May 1987; Senior Staff Officer, Joint Reconnaissance Center and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director of Operations
Naval Station Orlando: Executive Officer, May 1987 - May 1989
VP-30, Transportation Detachment: May 1989 - July 1993; Chief Pilot for the Chief of Naval Operations,
Retired as a Commander (0-5), 31 July 1993
Qualified in Type Aircraft: T-34B, T-34C, T-28B, TS-2A, P-3 series

Military Awards:
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (two awards)
Navy Commendation Medal
Navy Expeditionary Medal
National Defense Medal (two awards)
Southwest Asia Service Medal (three awards)
Expert Pistol Medal
Meritorious Unit Commendation (two awards)
Battle "E"
Sea Service Deployment Award (three awards)

Master of Aeronautical Science (Educational Technologies), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2002
Defense contractor, Logistic Services Int'l, Inc., Jacksonville, FL; Training Specialist (Pilot); July 1995 -September 1999;
Project Manager, VP-30 Revision and Maintenance Division; Sep 1999 - present