Dudley E . Faver Major General Dudley Ervin Faver ( August 17 , 1916 – August 5 , 2011 ) was a retired United States Air Force Major General who was director , Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council , Washington , D . C . Early life . Faver was born in 1916 in Sweetwater , Texas . He graduated in 1933 from Newman High School , Sweetwater , Texas and received his bachelor of arts degree in 1937 at Abilene Christian College in Abilene , Texas . After graduation , he taught at Levelland High School in Levelland , Texas , in which he eventually became the principal . He became a qualified pilot while awaiting assignment to flight training and obtained his private flying license in 1940 . Faver entered the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in March 1941 . He attended primary flight training at the Ryan School of Aeronautics in Hemet , California , basic flight training at Moffett Field , California and advanced flight training at Mather Air Field , California . He graduated from flight training in the Class of 41 - H and received his commission as a second lieutenant in October 1941 . His first assignment was to Mather Air Field as a flight instructor where he continued until March 1943 and conducted training in all three phases of flight instruction . Military career . As a member of the initial cadre , Faver was a part of the formation of the Instrument Flying Instructor School at Randolph Field , Texas , and moved with it in April 1943 to Bryan Field , Texas . He began duty at Bryan as a flight and academic instructor and was later appointed director of Ground School . He remained with the school as chief of Academics and Training Analysis when it was transferred to Barksdale Field , Louisiana , in December 1945 . Faver served in that capacity until he was transferred to the Alaskan Air Command in April 1947 . During the reorganization that followed the formation of the Air Force , Faver was assigned as assistant deputy chief of staff for operations in the Alaskan Air Command and later as director of Operations and Training Division . Faver entered the Command and Staff School at Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama in the summer of 1949 . Following his graduation , he reported to Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida , and assumed command of the U . S . Air Force Instrument Instructor Pilot School . After assisting in preparation of the training program for the new B - 47 Strato - jet bomber during March 1951 at Air Training Command Headquarters , Scott Air Force Base , Illinois , Faver was reassigned to Wichita Air Force Base , Kansas , as executive officer of the Training Wing , B - 47 Combat Crew Training , which he remained until March 1953 . After being promoted to commander of the 3540th Flying Training Group , in April 1953 , Faver transferred to Pinecastle Air Force Base , Florida ( later McCoy Air Force Base ) and remained there until February 1954 , when he was ordered to duty at Headquarters U . S . Air Force . In the Pentagon for 42 months , he began his tour as deputy chief of the Officer Manning Control Branch , Officer Assignment Division , in which he was named chief of the unit shortly after . Faver completed studies with the Air War College in the summer of 1958 and was assigned to the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing , Laon Air Base , France , as director of operations . In February 1959 , he was assigned to Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations , Headquarters U . S . Air Forces in Europe , Ramstein Air Base , Germany , as director of ballistic missiles . He was reassigned in the same capacity to Lindsey Air Station , Wiesbaden , Germany in June 1960 . Following his European tour of duty in 1961 , Faver returned to Texas during August to assume command of the 3320th Technical School at Amarillo Technical Training Center , Amarillo Air Force Base , Texas , an organization involved in a variety of technical training , with detachments located " virtually around the globe " . He assumed command of the 3500th Pilot Training Wing , Reese Air Force Base , Texas in January 1964 . He was promoted to brigadier general on April 21 , 1966 . In July 1966 , Faver was reassigned to Headquarters U . S . Air Force as the deputy director of personnel training and education , Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel . On November 14 , 1966 , he was reassigned as deputy director , personnel planning , Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel . His awards include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters and the Army Commendation Medal . He retired on March 1 , 1973 . Post - military and personal life . Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1973 , Faver was appointed by president Richard Nixon to be the Regional Administrator for the new Office of Energy in Denver , Colorado . During his time in Denver , he initiated a new Masters Degree Program for experienced professional managers at Denver University . He moved Lubbock , Texas in 1980 to lecture at Texas Tech College of Business on topics such as management . He also served as the Executive Director of the Texas Tech Association of Parents , which later established the Dudley E . Faver Scholarship in his honor . Faver has also served as Governor of District 5730 in Rotary International . He retired from Texas Tech in 2005 . A lecture series was established in his name by the Center for Global Understanding in 2006 , which held its first session on August 16 , 2006 , with Faver as its first speaker , one day before his 90th birthday . Faver has been married to Dorris Kirk - Maxey ( born c . 1919 ) , since 1965 , where he met her while she was an instructor at Texas Tech University . They have two children , Harriet Fields of Tacoma , Washington , and Jim Maxey of California . H also has three other children , Patrick L Faver of Virginia , Timothy Faver of Bemidji , Mn . , Bill Faver of Bemidji , Mn . , and Dale Faver Strong of Pahrump . NV . Faver died in Lubbock , Texas , on August 5 , 2011 .