PROFILE - Donald E. McAuliffe
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Donald McAuliffe was born on March 27, 1938, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Williamstown High School in 1955. He completed a bachelors degree in Personnel Administration at Elizabethtown College in 1974. He began his military career when he joined the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in 1955. After graduation from basic training, he served in various personnel positions. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1969, as a personnel officer and served in numerous positions within the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. He has spent the major partof his career as an Air National Guard military technician.
In 1985, he entered active duty with the National Guard Bureau. He returned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in March 1991, as Deputy Commander, Headquarters, Pennsylvania Air National Guard and continued in that assignment until taking up the position of assistant Adjutant General in August 1992. He was promoted and federally recognised as a Brigadier General in October 1992.
General Donald McAuliffe’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal. The citation for that concludes with "The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McAuliffe culminate a long and distinguished career in the service of his country and reflect the highest credit upon himself, the Air National Guard, and the United States Air Force."
