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LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. BRUCE TELFEYAN
Bruce Telfeyan was born 10 September 1948 and spent his childhood years in Great Neck, New York. He graduated from Great Neck South High School in 1966 and entered the University of Kentucky that August. He majored in mathematics, completed the four-year Air Force ROTC program, earned his commission, and graduated with a BS in May 1970. He then entered graduate school in educational delay status, earning an MS in meteorology from Cornell University in August 1972. He entered active duty in 1972.
His children, Brad and Jennifer live in Nashville, Tenn.
EDUCATION
1970 Bacheloer of Science in mathematics University of Kentucky1972 Master of Science in meteorology Cornell University
Squadron Officer School
Air Command and Staff College
Air War College
Air Force Academic Instructor School
ASSIGNMENTS
1. 1972-1979, computer operations manager and assistant team chief then team chief of the weather forecasting division Air Force Global Weather Central, Offutt AFB, Neb.2. 1979-1981 Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for ROTC at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Neb.
3. 1981-1982 Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
4. 1983-1987 Weather Detachment Commander at Plattsburgh AFB, N.Y.
5. July 1987-August 1990, Weather Liaison Officer to HQ Air Force Communications Command and then as the Wing Commander's on-scene representative in HQ Military Airlift Command for HQ Seventh Weather Wing, Scott AFB, Ill.
6. August 1990, Director of Meteorology and Oceanography for NATO's Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force Izmir, Turkey.
7. 1990-1993, Deputy Directory of Weather for HQ Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Oh.
MILITARY DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service MedalMeritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Southwest Asia Campaign Medal