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AF Academy to host retirement ceremony for Dean of Faculty Armacost, Sept. 13

The U.S. Air Force Academy will host an official retirement ceremony for Brig. Gen. Andrew Armacost (seen here), dean of the faculty, Sept. 16, 2019. Armacost will retire from the Air Force after 30 years of military service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley)

Staff reports, Sept. 11, 2019

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The Air Force Academy will celebrate Brig. Gen. Andrew Armacost’s tenure as  dean of the faculty and his 30-year active duty career with an official retirement ceremony, Sept. 13 in Arnold Hall.

Armacost, the Academy’s 10th dean, was nominated to that position in May 2013 by President Barack Obama and assumed his current duties and rank after Senate confirmation that summer. He moved to the dean’s chair from his position as permanent professor and head of the Academy’s Department of Management.

As dean, Armacost commanded the 700-member Dean of the Faculty and oversaw the annual design and instruction of more than 500 undergraduate courses for 4,000 cadets in 30 academic disciplines. He also directed the operation of five support staff agencies and faculty resources involving more than $350 million.

Armacost began his career with his commission through ROTC after earning his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern University in 1989. He earned his masters and doctorate degrees in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Armacost led the faculty through many key events at the Academy, including greatly increasing research output and technology transfer to warfighters, re-accrediting the institution and restoring resources following sequestration.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Armacost, Col. Linell Letendre, is currently the Permanent Professor and Head of the Academy’s Department of Law.  The Senate has not yet confirmed her nomination.