Richard W. White
Retired: 1 May 1979
Wife: Kay
Children: Stephen. Penny, Melissa
Grandchildren: Adam. Jacob, Craig, Nicholas, Jackson
Jobs / Assignments
1961 Lackland AFB, TX Officer Candidate School
1961-62 Keesler AFB, MS Communications Officer School
1962-65 Spangdahlem AB, Germany Communications Officer
1965-68 Waco, TX Hq 12 th AF, Communications Staff Office
1968 Keesler AFB, MS Communications-Electronics Staff Officer Course
1968-69 Vietnam & Thailand DCA, Communications Engineer
1969-72 Shaw AFB, SC Tac Air Support Comm, Chief of Maintenance
1972-75 Langley AFB, VA Hq TAC, Ground Systems Maintenace Staff
1975-77 Port Austin AFS, MI Commander, 754 th Radar Squadron
1977-79 Washington, DC Hq USAF, Radar/EW Staff Officer
1 May 1979 Retired USAF, Lieutenant Colonel
1979-81 Co-founder, International Security Specialists, Inc
(Grandiose name for a burglar alarm company)
1981-Present Retired for real I like to say that I ’ m a “ Gentleman Farmer ”
Education
Dec 1971 Bachelor of Science (Economics), University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
Jun 1974 Master in Public Administration, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
Dick Remembers . . . “ The night I learned the true meaning of the word, “ PANIC! ” will always stick in my mind. It ’ s a very short story, and many of our classmates were allowed to go home to fetch our better halves, go to the OC Club and learn those social graces which we were not able to learn as Enlisted Men? If you do, then you MUST remember the ever-popular 4H Club. To make a long story short, I fell asleep after a particularly arduous 4H Club session! PANIC! Need I say More?