34 Notable alumni of Air Force Institute of Technology – Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Air Force Institute of Technology – Graduate School of Engineering & Management is ranked #1,630 in the world and #400 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 34 notable alumni from Air Force Institute of Technology – Graduate School of Engineering & Management sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Air Force Institute of Technology – Graduate School of Engineering & Management won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Donna L. Cottrell
1959-. (aged 67)
helicopter pilot
military officer
Donna L. Cottrell is a retired United States Coast Guard rear admiral who last served as the Coast Guard District 9 Commander. In this role, she served as the senior Commander for the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway, an area that covers eight states. The Area of Operations for the command accumulates over 6,700 miles of shoreline and 1,500...
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2. Hans H. Driessnack
1927-2006 (aged 79)
rower
military officer
Hans Helmuth Driessnack was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, in which he served as a fighter pilot and later, Comptroller of the Air Force.
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3. Benjamin F. Register
1930-2019 (aged 89)
military officer
Benjamin Franklin Register Jr. was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. His assignments included Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. Register was commissioned as a distinguished military graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1951, and served until his retirement in 1987. He earned a B.S. degree in industrial management from Georgia Tech and later earned an...
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4. Roger G. DeKok
1947-2003 (aged 56)
astronaut
military officer
Roger G. DeKok was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.
5. Joseph K. Spiers
1937-. (aged 89)
military officer
Joseph K. Spiers is an aerospace engineer and retired United States Air Force general, reaching the rank of major general during his military career.
6. James W. Stansberry
1927-2010 (aged 83)
military officer
James Wesley Stansberry was a United States Air Force lieutenant general and commander of the Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.
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7. William E. Thurman
1931-2024 (aged 93)
military officer
Lieutenant General William Earl Thurman was a United States Air Force Lieutenant General who was commander, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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8. Daniel R. Schroeder
1938-. (aged 88)
military personnel
Daniel Richard Schroeder is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army.
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9. Forrest S. McCartney
1931-2012 (aged 81)
military officer
Forrest Striplin McCartney was a United States Air Force lieutenant general and former director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.
10. Robert A. Rosenberg
1934-. (aged 92)
military officer
Major General Robert Alan "Rosie" Rosenberg of United States Air Force was Director of Defense Mapping Agency from July 1985 to September 1987. Throughout his 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force, he was instrumental to the U.S. satellite program. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2005.
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11. Ted F. Bowlds
1953-. (aged 73)
military officer
Lieutenant General Ted Francis Bowlds is a former Commander, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. The center's mission is to acquire command and control systems for the Air Force. The organization comprises more than 12,000 people located at six sites throughout the United States. The men and women of the ESC manage more than $3 billion in programs...
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12. Mark Edward Bradley
1907-1999 (aged 92)
military officer
Mark Edward Bradley Jr. was a United States Air Force general and a pioneering aviator. He served as commander of the U.S. Air Force Logistics Command.
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13. Leon E. Salomon
1936-2023 (aged 87)
military personnel
General Leon Edward Salomon was a United States Army general who served as Chief of Ordnance of the United States Army from 1986 to 1988.
14. Robert H. McMahon
military leader
Robert Howard McMahon is a retired United States Air Force major general who later served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment. Prior to assuming his most recent role, McMahon served as president of Fickling Management Services and as a board member of State Bank and Trust, the Mercer National Engineering Advisory Board, and the Robins Air Force Base Museum...
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15. Lawrence A. Skantze
1928-2018 (aged 90)
military officer
Lawrence Albert Skantze was a four-star general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He served as commander, Air Force Systems Command at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.
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16. Rosanne Bailey
1950-2016 (aged 66)
military leader
Rosanne "Ro" Bailey was an American military officer and academic administrator. A retired United States Air Force brigadier general, she was named vice chancellor for administrative services at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in August 2006 following retirement from her military career. She oversaw administrative offices such as budget, business operations, purchasing, personnel, risk management, environmental health and safety,...
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17. William J. Donahue
1945-. (aged 81)
military officer
William J. "Bill" Donahue is a retired lieutenant general for the United States Air Force who transformed networks and communications during his long career. He retired in May 2000 as the director of communications and information at Air Force Headquarters and commander of the Air Force Communications and Information Center in Washington, D.C. During his 33-year Air Force career, Donahue...
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18. Cary C. Chun
1963-. (aged 63)
military officer
Brigadier General Cary C. Chun is a retired senior officer of the United States Air Force. He served as the Deputy Commander, Operations and Interagency Integration, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and the Director for Mission Operations, National Reconnaissance Office. In this role, he led all Department of Defense space forces aligned with USSTRATCOM...
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19. Ray O. Johnson
Ray O. Johnson is an American business executive. Johnson is currently serving as Senior Advisor to the President of Khalifa University, providing expert counsel on complex strategic and operational matters. Johnson also serves as an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, an American venture capital firm with over $20 billion under management and the oldest venture capital firm in the...
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20. Jerry White
1937-. (aged 89)
writer
scientist
Jerry E. White is a retired United States Air Force major general, author and former leader of the Christian parachurch organization, the Navigators.
21. Charles R. Holland
1946-. (aged 80)
military officer
Charles R. Holland is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the commander of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. As commander, he was responsible for all special operations forces across every branch in the U.S. Armed Forces. Currently, Holland is the first and the only member of the U.S. Air...
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22. Robert T. Herres
1932-2008 (aged 76)
aircraft pilot
military officer
Robert Tralles Herres was a United States Air Force general who served as the first vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
23. John Arthur Macready
1887-1979 (aged 92)
aircraft pilot
John Arthur Macready was an American test pilot and aviator. He is the only three-time recipient of the Mackay Trophy, and they were awarded in three consecutive years: once for altitude flight, once for transcontinental flight, and once for an endurance flight of 36 hours, 4 minutes and 32 seconds.
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24. Milburn G. Apt
1924-1956 (aged 32)
military officer
Milburn Grant "Mel" Apt was a U.S. Air Force test pilot, and the first man to attain speeds faster than Mach 3. He was killed after separating from the Bell X-2 in his escape capsule during the record-setting flight that exceeded Mach 3. Shortly afterwards, Secretary of the Air Force Donald A. Quarles commended Apt, saying he was "flying faster...
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25. George T. Babbitt, Jr
1942-. (aged 84)
drummer
military officer
General George T. Babbitt is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander, Air Force Materiel Command (COMAFMC), from 1997 to 2000.
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26. Michael Wynne
1944-. (aged 82)
businessperson
military officer
Michael Walter Wynne is an American politician and business executive and was the 21st United States Secretary of the Air Force. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked for and received his resignation (and that of Chief of Staff T. Michael Moseley) on June 5, 2008, in the wake of the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident and the...
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27. Kevin A. Ford
1960-. (aged 66)
astronaut
Kevin Anthony Ford is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and NASA astronaut. Ford has received a number of special honors and awards, some of which are the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Ford has also logged more than 6,100 flying hours and also holds FAA...
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28. Bernard Adolph Schriever
1910-2005 (aged 95)
military officer
Bernard Adolph "Bennie" Schriever was a United States Air Force general who played a major role in the Air Force's space and ballistic missile programs.
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29. Jimmy Doolittle
1896-1993 (aged 97)
military officer
engineer
aircraft pilot
James Harold Doolittle was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. He made early coast-to-coast flights and record-breaking speed flights, won many flying races, and helped develop and flight-test instrument flying. According to the FAA, he was...
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30. George Kenney
1889-1977 (aged 88)
military officer
George Churchill Kenney was a United States Army general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a position he held between August 1942 and 1945.
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31. Archie Williams
1915-1993 (aged 78)
teacher
sprinter
Archie Franklin Williams was an American U.S. Air Force officer, athlete, and teacher. He was the winner of the 400 meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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32. James Geurts
James F. Geurts is an American former government official and retired United States Air Force colonel who served in 2021 as the official performing the duties of United States Under Secretary of the Navy.
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33. Aloysius G. Casey
1932-2020 (aged 88)
military leader
Aloysius Gerald Casey was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as commander of the Space Division, Air Force Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. He was responsible for managing the research, design, development and acquisition of space launch, command and control, and satellite systems.
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34. Guion Bluford
1942-. (aged 84)
military flight engineer
astronaut
military officer
aircraft pilot
Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983...
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