Discussion with General Lester Lyles

Friday, November 12 11:00am - 1:00pm
020 Page Hall
1810 College Road Columbus, OH Located at The Ohio State University

In 2009 alone, Four-star General Lester L. Lyles served on the NASA’s Augustine Space Committee developing the agenda for the Human Space Flight missions, chaired the National Research Council’s “Roles and Rationale Study of the U.S. Civil Space Programs” and also chaired the U.S. Department of Defense Military Leadership Diversity Commission.
He entered the Air Force as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program, ...and after an admirable 35-year career, General Lyles retired in 2003 as Commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Most recently, General Lyles was appointed by the White House to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. In addition to his continued service to our nation, General Lyles serves on many boards, including General Dynamics Corp., Battelle Labs and United Service Automobile Association.

Lyles received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University and Master of Science degree in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from New Mexico State University’s Air Force Institute of Technology Program. The General has received many awards and decorations including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award for outstanding contributions to military equal opportunity policies from the NAACP, the Astronautics Engineer of the Year by the National Space Club and was named Black Engineer of the Year/Lifetime Achievement Award.