Merrill McPeak

Merrill McPeak Anthony ( born January 9, 1936 in Santa Rosa, California ) is a retired American general in the U.S. Air Force, who was most recently Chief of Staff of the Air Force and at the same time for a short time reigning U.S. Secretary of the Air Force.

Life

After attending the High School of Grants Pass, he studied economics at San Diego State College and graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Economics) from.

He then joined the Air Force in 1957 and completed during his military service, a postgraduate degree in International Relations at the George Washington University, from which he graduated in 1974 with a Master of Arts (MA International Relations ). During his military service, he was promoted to General and in 1987 commander of the Twelfth Air Force at Davis - Monthan Air Force Base before it was between 1988 and 1990 Supreme Commander ( Commander -in- Chief ) of the Pacific Air Forces ( PACAF ).

Last General McPeak was born on October 30, Chief of Staff of the Air Force in 1990 and served as such until his retirement on 25 October 1994 the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Air Force. At the same time he was from July 14 to August 5, 1993 Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and therefore Air Force Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton. On 1 October 1993 there was a further renaming of the 1st Special Operations Wing, triggered by the directive of General McPeak, which provided that two active units are not allowed to wear the same number. The USAF decided to rename in 16th Special Operations Wing as the " competing " 1st Fighter Wing a higher weighting in the continuation of his name tradition has been granted.

After retiring from military service, he joined the private sector and was not only President of McPeak and Associates, but from 1995 to 2006 Member of the Board of Directors of Tektronix. Since 2005 he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Health Sciences Group Inc. He was also temporarily a member of the Board of Directors of ECC International Center of clamping Communications, Inc. and Trans World Airlines (TWA).

McPeak, who was also involved in the Council on Foreign Relations, was originally a member of the Republican Party, but resigned at the beginning of the Iraq War, the Democratic Party. He was also one of the signatories of Global Zero, an application launched in December 2008 initiative, which has a total nuclear disarmament goal worldwide. This will be achieved through a gradual reduction of nuclear weapons and an accompanying arms control.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted on the basis of the Order of Precedence of Military Awards:

Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Grants Pass, Oregon San Diego State University Davis–Monthan Air Force Base Global Zero (campaign) Initiative (disambiguation) Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Meritorious Service Medal (United States) Stuart Symington Donald A. Quarles James H. Douglas, Jr. Eugene M. Zuckert Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense) Robert Seamans John L. McLucas Michael B. Donley Pete Geren Michael Wynne Carl Andrew Spaatz Hoyt Vandenberg Nathan Farragut Twining Thomas D. White John P. McConnell John Dale Ryan George Scratchley Brown David C. Jones Lew Allen Charles A. Gabriel Larry D. Welch Michael Dugan (general) Ralph Eberhart Michael E. Ryan Norton A. Schwartz Mark Welsh Integrated Authority File
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