Stephen M. Bliss
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Brigadier General Stephen Michael Bliss (born 28 January 1944)[1] is a retired United States Army general who served as the president of the Army and Navy Academy[2] and president of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States.[3]
Education[]
Born in Pennsylvania,[1] Bliss was educated at The Hill School and was a 1965 graduate of the United States Military Academy.[4] At West Point, he was on the varsity swimming and track teams.[5]
He also holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas[6] and a master's degree from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Petroleum Engineering.[5]
Military career[]
After graduating from West Point, Bliss joined the Quartermaster Corps. In 1967 he was sent to Vietnam where he commanded various supply companies. He returned to the US for further education, including his degree in Petroleum Engineering, and then returned to Vietnam, first as an advisor to the South Vietnamese government on petroleum-related issues, and then in control of the United States Army Vietnam's fuel supply. After leaving Vietnam Bliss continued in various foreign and domestic posts, concluding his career with posts as Director for Energy & Troop Support, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and then Vice Commander for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.[7]
He is a recipient of the Ranger tab and Parachutists badge.
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Bliss was the commander at the Army and Navy Academy, a military boarding school for students grade 7-12 in Carlsbad, California, for twelve years. He was replaced in January 2014 in the wake of a sexual molestation scandal involving administrator Jeffrey Barton.[8] Bliss, newly hired as president, had ousted a previous chairman, Johnnie Crean, and the board of directors in 2003 after a 2001 sexual harassment accusation and behavior by the chairman described as "unsafe, reckless, bizarre, erratic, violent, vulgar, despotic and paranoid".[9]
The sports stadium at the Army and Navy Academy is named after him [10]
References[]
- ^ a b "Class of 1965—Register of Graduates". Official Register of the Officers and Cadets. United States Military Academy. 1969. p. 825. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ Mui, Alexander (8 May 2017). Army & Navy Academy: History of the West Point of the West. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439660478 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Army and Navy Academy's Stephen Bliss Named President of National Association of Military Schools". 13 July 2012.
- ^ "BG Stephen M. Bliss USA (Retired)". www.west-point.org.
- ^ a b "OralHistory". www.westpointcoh.org.
- ^ "UT Dallas, The LINK - November 2009: Alumni Profiles". www.utdallas.edu.
- ^ http://www.westpointcoh.org/interviews/a-monumental-undertaking-supplying-the-vietnam-war West Point Oral History bio
- ^ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-army-navy-academy-carlsbad-art-bartell-2014jan17-story.html "New Leader at Army and Navy Academy", San Diego Tribune, 17 January 2014
- ^ https://articles.latimes.com/2003/jul/19/local/me-crean19 "Military School Skirmish Ends with Settlement", Jean Pasco, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2003
- ^ Union-Tribune, San Diego. "Army-Navy sports new facilities".
- 1944 births
- Living people
- The Hill School alumni
- United States Military Academy alumni
- Military personnel from Pennsylvania
- United States Army Rangers
- United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
- Missouri University of Science and Technology alumni
- University of Texas at Dallas alumni
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- United States Army generals