Richard Lieber:  

Life After moving from Ponca City, Oklahoma as a junior in high school, I graduated from O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans. I started college at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and continued at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. College was great fun and in reality I majored in extracurricular activities, from resident hall government to ROTC and service activities. After college graduation, I was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. Since I had to wait for a slot at jet pilot training, I went to work for Procter & Gamble Manufacturing as a manager in St. Louis (13 months while I awaited my orders), serving as a staff engineer and production manager for Comet cleanser. In the Air Force I served as a B-52 Aircraft Commander, a space systems engineer, an Air Force base Director for Quality, a conventional war planner, Air Force Space Command Chief of Reserve Operations, and many other jobs during my 28 years of active and reserve service, finally retiring as a Lt Colonel in July 2004. During that time I also earned a Master's degree in Space Systems Engineering in-residence at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio. I've lived in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, California, Washington, Ohio, Michigan and Colorado, where my wife and I now live in Colorado Springs. After my Air Force retirement I worked for several aerospace companies, before forming my own companies. I've been ...Expand for more