Lt. Gen. Kenneth E. Eickmann
(U.S. Air Force, Retired)

Lt. Gen. Kenneth E. Eickmann (U.S. Air Force, Retired) currently serves as a Senior Research Fellow for the Energy Institute at the University of Texas and recently chaired three committees for the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council focused on propulsion technology and how to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign sources of fuel. In Dec. 09, he facilitated a national forum to identify strategic energy goals for the Air Force and the nation and is currently chairing a study for the Air Force to determine how best to ensure installations always have energy for mission critical capabilities. Eickmann is a Registered Professional Engineer and is certified as an Acquisition Professional in Acquisition Logistics, Program Management and Systems Planning, Research, Development & Engineering. He is also a recognized expert in propulsion technology and has published several papers in technical journals in the U.S. and overseas. Following his retirement from the United States Air Force in 1998, he served as the Director of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin, where he led a collaborative effort by engineering and construction owners, contractors, and academia to improve one of the nation’s largest industries.

General Eickmann’s accomplishments include selection as a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of the University of Texas; selection for membership in the National Academy of Construction; and selection as Chairman of a General Officer Red Team formed to review Logistics Transformation efforts of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). He was also a member of a National Research Council committee formed to provide an independent evaluation of the feasibility of achieving the science and technology requirements implied in the National Aerospace Initiative

After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, General Eickmann began a distinguished and highly decorated 31-year career in the U.S. Air Force. He entered the Air Force in 1967 as a distinguished graduate of the University of Texas Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He earned a Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and is a graduate of the Executive Business Program at the University of Michigan and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

During his active duty career, General Eickmann completed 22 assignments, including an assignment from 1994-1996 as Commander, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, the largest military industrial complex in the U.S. His last active duty assignment was as Commander, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, where he led the nation’s largest center of excellence for research, development and acquisition of aircraft, aeronautical equipment and munitions.

Eickmann has received many awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Humanitarian Service Metal with palm. The State of Oklahoma declared July 11, 1995, as “General Ken Eickmann Day” in recognition of his leadership and assistance to Federal and State rescue and recovery efforts following the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. In 1998, the men and women of the Air Force Materiel Command presented General Eickmann with the highest honor enlisted personnel of the armed forces can bestow on an officer, the Order of the Sword. Eickmann currently serves as the State Vice Chairman of the Texas Engineers Task Force for Homeland Security.

 

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