PROFILE - Michael A. McAuliffe
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Michael McAuliffe was born in 1941, in Ashland, Wisconsin and grew up in Salina, Kansas. He earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Kansas State University in 1965 and a master of science degree in industrial management from The George Washington University in 1977. He completed Armed Forces Staff College as a distinguished graduate in 1979, Air War College in 1983, and the Harvard University Program for Defense Senior Managers in 1987. He also received the Society of American Military Engineers' Newman Medal for having made the most outstanding contribution to Air Force engineering during 1987.
Michael McAuliffe was commissioned as a regular officer in August 1965 and assigned to the Air Force Regional Civil Engineer, Portland, Oregon as a project engineer. In 1966 he transferred to the Air Force Regional Civil Engineer, San Francisco, where he was a project and construction engineer. Between 1968 and 1974 he undertook assignments in South Korea, South Vietnam and West Germany.
Returning to the United States in August 1974, Michael McAuliffe was assigned as a staff engineer and planner, and also graduated from the the Armed Forces Staff College in January 1979. After further assignments he entered the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama in 1982.
In June 1983 he was reassigned to Air Force headquarters, as chief of the Housing and Services Division, Directorate of Engineering and Services. In June 1985 he was assigned as chief of the Programs Division, Directorate of Engineering and Services. He also served as chairman of the Air Staff Board Facilities Panel. After leaving the Pentagon in June 1988, he became deputy chief of staff for engineering and services, Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In March 1990 he became deputy chief of staff for engineering and services, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base. He was promoted to Brigadier General in March 1991. From June 1992 until his retirement in March 1994 General Michael McAuliffe held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil Engineering, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base.
General McAuliffe's military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and Air Force Commendation Medal.
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