Richard Myers
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| Birth name | Richard Bowman Myers |
| Born |
March 1, 1942 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1965 – 2005 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Awards |
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (4) Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (2) Air Medal (19) Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| Other work | Northrop Grumman, Board of Directors |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
North American Aerospace Defense Command
U.S. Space Command
Richard Bowman Myers (born March 1, 1942) is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States' military forces.
General Myers became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on October 1, 2001. In this capacity, he served as the principal military advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Council during the earliest stages of the War on Terror, including planning and execution of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. On September 30, 2005, he retired and was succeeded by General Peter Pace. His Air Force career included operational command and leadership positions in a variety of Air Force and Joint assignments.
He began serving as the interim President of Kansas State University in late April, 2016, and was announced as the permanent president on November 15, 2016.
Myers was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1960. He graduated from Kansas State University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1965 where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was commissioned by Detachment 270 of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at KSU. He graduated from Auburn University Montgomery with a M.B.A. in 1977. The General has attended the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; and the Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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