UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PRESIDENT THE FOGLESONG FILE PERSONAL ROBERT H. „DOC‰ Birthdate: July 13, 1945 Birthplace: Williamson, W. Va. Hometown: Williamson, W. Va. FOGLESONG Family: Wife (former Mary Thrasher); Joined MState: Children (sons David and Mark) April 2006 EDUCATION West Virginia, 1968 Bachelor’s: West Virginia, 1968 Master’s: West Virginia, 1969 obert H. Foglesong is the 18th president of Mississippi State University, Ph. D.: West Virginia, 1971 a land-grant university committed to excellence in learning, research, and AIR FORCE ASSIGNMENTS Rservice. His vision is for MSU to become the most respected land-grant • 1972-1973, student, undergraduate pilot school in the Southeast. As president, he is responsible for planning, budgeting, training, Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. • 1973-1976, T-41 instructor pilot, 557th and execution for the largest university in the state of Mississippi. He is also the Flying Training Squadron, Peterson Field, Colo., and U.S. Air Force Academy, president and executive director of the Appalachian Leadership and Education Colorado Springs, Colo. Foundation, a nonprofi t operating to identify our next generation of leaders in • 1976-1977, Aide-De-Camp to the Commander, Air Forces Korea, 314th Air Division, Osan Air Base, South Korea Appalachia and mentor/fi nancially support their journey toward academic, lead- • 1977-1979, AT-33 and EB-57 instructor pilot, flight examiner and assistant opera- ership, and character excellence. He’s a director of Massey Energy, one of the tions officer, 17th Defense Systems Evaluation Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont. largest producers of coal in the nation, and a director of the Michael Baker Corp., • 1979-1980, AT-33 instructor pilot and Commander, Detachment 1, 24th Air Defense Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont. an international energy and engineering fi rm. He also has been designated by • 1980-1982, F-15 pilot and squadron scheduler, 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron; President George W. Bush to co-chair the United States-Russia Joint Commission chief of quality assurance, 49th Tactical Fighter Wing; and Commander, 49th on POW/MIAs. Component Repair Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M. • 1983-1985, Special Assistant for Tactical Issues and Executive Officer for the Previously, he was nominated by the President, confi rmed by the U.S. Sen- Deputy Chief Of Staff For Research, Development and Acquisition, Headquarters ate, and served as a four-star general in the United States Air Force. He had re- U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. sponsibility for policy recommendations and implementation of policy relative to • 1985-1987, Special Assistant to the Commander, and Chief, Combat Analysis Division, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Va. personnel, operations, infrastructure and intra/inter governmental affairs for an • 1987-1988, F-16 pilot and Assistant Deputy Commander for Operations, 31st organization of 358,000 uniformed members and 158,000 civilian employees. He Tactical Fighter Wing, Homestead AFB, Fla. was responsible for planning/programming for future strategies involving an an- • 1988-June 1990, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Chair and Professor of Joint and Combined Warfare, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington nual budget of $90 billion (equivalent to the position of chief operating offi cer for • 1990-1991, F-16 pilot and Chief of Maintenance, 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, a company ranked No. 9 on the Fortune 500 list). His jobs required almost daily Moody AFB, Ga. interface with members of Congress, the White House, and many governmental • 1991-1993, Director, Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s Staff Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. interagency offi ces. • 1993-1993, Commander, 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus AFB, Miss. Foglesong spent a signifi cant amount of the past decade as a national security • 1994-1995, Commander, 51st Fighter Wing, Osan AB, South Korea advisor at Cabinet and Presidential levels. In this capacity, he had opportunities to • 1995-1997, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. travel extensively with the most senior members of the government and directly • 1997-1999, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. engage with the most senior civilian and military levels of foreign governments • 1999-2000, Commander, 12th Air Force and U.S. Southern Command Air Forces, around the globe. Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. • 2000-2001, Deputy Chief Of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters Foglesong has spent 33 years in public service with a clear understanding of U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. the role leadership plays in establishing a sense of integrity/ethics, encouraging • 2001-2003, Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. service above self, and fostering an attitude of excellence. He has received numer- • 2003-2004, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, Allied Air Component Command Ramstein; and Air Component Commander, U.S. European Command, ous awards for his demonstrated leadership. In addition, he has continued his edu- Ramstein AB, Germany cation by attending professional military education schools, as well as advanced • 2005-2006, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, Allied Air civilian education forums. He is a member of several professional aviation orga- Component Command Ramstein; Air Component Commander, U.S. European Command, Ramstein AB, Germany; and Director, Multinational Joint Air Power nizations and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His 57 publications Competence Center, Kalkar, Germany cover a range of subjects including technical and leadership topics. A graduate of West Virginia University (bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate), he was a member and president of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honorary, as well as numer- PAST MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS ous other academic honoraries. General Stephen D. Lee 1880-1899 Fred Tom Mitchell 1945-1953 John Marshall Stone 1899-1900 Benjamin F. Hilbun 1953-1960 He has accumulated 30 military awards for leadership and technical skills. He John Crumpton Hardy 1900-1912 Dean W. Colvard 1960-1966 holds an honorary Doctorate of Strategic Intelligence. He is married to Mary George R. Hightower 1912-1916 William L. Giles 1966-1976 Thrasher Foglesong. They have two sons--David, married to Laura, and father of William Hall Smith 1916-1920 James D. McComas 1976-1985 two sons (Robert and David), and Mark. David is in the United States Air Force, as David Carlisle Hull 1920-1925 Donald W. Zacharias 1985-1997 is Laura. Mark is in the television business. Foglesong’s hobbies include running Buz M. Walker 1925-1930 Malcolm A. Portera 1998-2001 Hugh Critz 1930-1934 J. Charles Lee 2002-2006 marathons, collecting slide rules, collecting potato mashers, and public speaking. George Duke Humphrey 1934-1945 192 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS THE TEMPLETON FILE PERSONAL LARRY Birthdate: June 16, 1946 Birthplace: Starkville, Miss. TEMPLETON Hometown: Starkville, Miss. Family: Wife (former Linda Jo Nichols); Joined MState: Children (sons Brian, Stephen, May 1969 daughter Nici) Mississippi State, 1969 EDUCATION ississippi State Director of Athletics Larry Templeton begins his 20th High School: Starkville, 1964 year at the head of the Bulldog sport program in 2006, and under his College: Mississippi State, 1969 Mwatchful eye MSU competes, and has competed, for championships in CAREER TIMELINE every sport program. MState student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom, 1969-74 Mississippi State University setting academic records nearly every semester. And the department has operated Asst. Sports Information Director in the black while expanding the program and drastically improving its facilities. 1973-74 Mississippi State University - Men’s Golf Coach He is the third-longest-tenured AD in MSU history and the longest in the South- 1974-77 National Bank of Commerce - Assistant V.P. / Director for Advertising 1977-79 Mississippi State University - Athletic Business Manager eastern Conference with 19 seasons under his belt, and the university’s athletic 1979-84 Mississippi State University - Asst. Athletic Director/Administration program has reached heights never before achieved under his guidance. 1984-87 Mississippi State University - Associate Athletic Director/Business On the playing fi eld, the decade of the ‘90s saw virtually every State sport es- 1987- Mississippi State University - Athletic Director tablish a best-ever fi nish. The start of the new millennium has been no different $30 million expansion of the east side of Scott Field raised capacity at the football with MSU sports teams having qualifi ed for postseason play 51 times during the stadium to 55,082. Fifty new skyboxes and 1,700 chairback seats opened for the past seven seasons; a school-record 12 did so in 2004-05. 2001 season. Another building boom occurred during 2004-05. The Holliman Ath- But State’s student-athletes are not just succeeding on the playing fi eld. MSU’s letic Center (a 46,000-square-foot addition at the Shira Complex), the Palmeiro men’s and women’s athletes recorded the highest combined grade point average Center (an indoor practice facility for baseball and football), and a softball locker during the 2005-06 academic year in the 16 years in which student-athlete grades and training facility were added to the athletic facility plant. have been tracked, and the combined 2.95 grade point average in fall 2005 was a And for the 19th year in a row this past year, the MSU athletic program joined one-semester high. In 13 of the last 15 years, the Bulldog football team has been just a small group of NCAA Division I schools nation-wide to fi nish in the black one of just a handful of schools cited by the American Football Coaches Associa- fi nancially at year’s end. tion for having a graduation rate exceeding 70 percent. MSU is the only school Templeton’s work also stretches far from the Starkville campus.