Undergraduate Commencement
| Date/Time: | Saturday, 10 May 2014 at 1:30 pm |
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| Location: | Hilton Coliseum |
| Cost: | Free |
| URL: | http://www.graduation.iastate.edu/ |
| Phone: | 515-294-9372 |
| Channel: | Academic Affairs |
| Categories: | Academic calendar Special events |
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Bio
Brig Gen Patrick J. Doherty is the Director of Air Force Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. His organization's mission is to increase combat capability and improve productivity through programs promoting readiness, esprit de corps and quality of life for Airmen and their families. He provides policy, technical direction and oversight for the $2 billion worldwide Services program, which includes Comprehensive Airman Fitness, physical fitness, peacetime and wartime troop feeding, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Armed Forces entertainment, Air Force protocol, lodging, libraries, child development centers, youth centers and a wide spectrum of recreation activities. He provides oversight for uniforms, awards and recognition, Airman and family readiness, and other commander-interest programs that contribute to military force sustainment.
General Doherty entered the Air Force in 1987 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Iowa State University, Ames, IA, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering. He initially served as a B-52 navigator and was then selected to attend Undergraduate Pilot Training and transitioned to the F-15E. His staff experiences include serving for the J3 as the Chief of Special Technical Operations and lead crisis action planner on U.S. Forces Korea staff at Yongsan Post, Seoul, Republic of Korea and Deputy Director, Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Southwest Asia providing strategic and operational command and control for coalition and joint air, space, and other government agency operations. He recently served as the Commander of the 4th Fighter Wing, SJAFB, NC and Director of Assignments and AEF Operations, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas.