US Air Force Lieutenant General. He rose in rank to become the 2nd Superintendent of the US Air Force Academy and the Commander-in-Chief of Air Training Command. Born in Rochester, New York, he attended the New York Military Academy at Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York and upon graduating with honors in 1924, he received a presidential appointment to the US Military Academy at West Point, New York. After graduating in 1928 and receiving the Knox Trophy for the highest rating in military efficiency, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Field Artillery. His first assignment was to the 6th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Hoyle, Maryland and nine months later, he entered Primary Flying School and in 1930 he received his pilot's wings upon graduation from the Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field (now Kelly Air Reserve Base, a part of Joint Base San Antonio), Texas. He was then transferred to the US Army Air Corps and he joined the 95th Pursuit Squadron at Rockwell Field (now part of Naval Air Station San Diego). He stayed with the 95th through its move in 1931 to March Field (now March Air Reserve Base), California until 1934 when he attended at the Air Corps Technical School at Chanute Field, Illinois (now closed). After completing the course, he was assigned to Hawaii with the 18th Composite Group and as commander of the 19th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field on the Island of Oahu. In 1937 he was assigned to Selfridge Field (now Selfridge Air National Guard Base), Michigan, where he served in several command and staff positions with the 1st Pursuit Group. In 1940 he went to the US Military Academy as an instructor in the Department of Mathematics. In May 1942 after the US entered World War II, he was appointed, as a colonel, the operations officer of the 8th Air Force Fighter Command in England and in September 1943 he returned to the US to become air officer of the European Section of the War Department General Staff in Washington DC. In March 1945 he became deputy commander of the North Atlantic Divisions Air Transport Command and the following December he went to Air Transport Command headquarters as assistant chief of staff for plans and chief of organizational planning. In April 1946 he became a member of the Central Intelligence Group in Washington DC, followed in August 1947 by as assignment as the Chief of Staff for the 15th Air Force at Peterson Field (now Peterson Air Force Base), Colorado. The following April went to Spokane Air Force Base (now Fairchild Air Force Base), Washington to assume command of the 92nd and the 98th Bombardment Wings. In December 1948 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and assigned to MacDill Air Force Base Florida in March 1949, to become commander of the 306th and 307th Bombardment Wings. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, he was assigned in August of that year as deputy commander of the Far East Air Forces Bomber Command, based on Okinawa and later in Japan. In January 1951, he assumed command of the Far East Air Forces Bomber Command, and the following June he returned to the US and became deputy commander of the 15th Air Force at March Air Force Base (now March Air Reserve Base), California. While there, he was promoted to the rank of major general in October 1951 and the following month he was reassigned to Headquarters Air Force in Washington DC as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Development. In May 1954 he became the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and was given the additional duty of US Air Force Member of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-US. During this period he was also the Headquarters US Air Force project officer for the Distant Early Warning Line in Canada and for the US Air Force Base Construction and Activation Program in Spain. In August 1956 he became the 2nd superintendent of the US Air Force Academy and guided the operation of the new academy during two of its three years at the interim site on Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado (now closed), and the move in August 1958 to its permanent location at Colorado Springs Colorado. In August 1959, he assumed command of the Air Training Command (now Air Education and Training Command) at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (now part of Joint Base San Antonio) and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. He retired in this position in August 1963 with 35 years of continuous military service. His military decorations and awards include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with 1 oak leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. He was a rated command pilot. After his military retirement, he was active in the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and served as vice chairman for the campaign committee of the Texas United Fund and a member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Foundation. He died at the age of 72.