D.M.W. Greer

D.M.W. Greer (born August 23, 1957) is an American playwright. Well known as the author of Burning Blue, written in 1992 and premiered at The King's Head Theatre on London’s fringe in 1995.

Born David Milne Willard III in Patuxent River, Maryland. His father, Daniel David Milne Willard, was a test pilot at the United States Naval Test Pilot School. His mother, Suzanne, daughter of the late Navy Test Pilot Seymour Anderson Johnson and Alice Virginia Kelley, was a homemaker. In 1965 his mother remarried Vice Admiral Howard E. Greer of Tyler, Texas and the family moved to Yokuska, Japan where his stepfather was stationed with the Seventh Fleet. In 1968, stepfather Greer was Commanding Officer of the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Hancock which is now in the National Air and Space Museum.

After more than 20 different schools in 17 cities, Greer graduated from Radford High School in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1975. He began his university education at the United States Naval Academy (Class of 1980) before bilging out and transferring to Oregon State University where he jumped ahead a year, made the Dean’s List and earned a bachelor's degree in Architecture/Landscape on the same day he was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy.

After reporting to Pensacola, Florida for flight training Greer earned his wings in 1982 and reported to an anti-submarine warfare helicopter squadron in San Diego, California where he flew the now obsolete Kaman SH-2 Seasprite.

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