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| Wilson Named to the United States Air Force Academy Board of Visitors |
March 08, 2001 |
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Washington, DC—Congresswoman Heather Wilson, US Air Force Academy class of ’82, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Visitors for the United States Air Force Academy. The Board of Visitors inquires into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods, and other matters relating to the Academy.
“I am honored to have been chosen to serve on the Board of Visitors,” said Wilson. “The Academy shapes the leadership of tomorrow’s Air Force and I look forward to helping to make sure we meet the challenge.”
The Board of Visitors has 15 members. The President of the United States appoints six members. The other nine board members are from either the US Senate or House of Representatives. Presidential appointees are designated for a period of 3 years. Each of the additional nine board members serves a minimum term of 1 year.
A distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1982, Mrs. Wilson was a Rhodes Scholar and earned her masters and doctoral degrees in international relations from Oxford University in England. The class of 1982 was the third class with women at the Academy. While at the Academy, Wilson commanded Basic Cadet Training in Jack’s Valley and was Vice Wing Commander.
Wilson is the only Air Force Academy graduate to have been elected to Congress. She is also the only woman veteran in American history to have served in the U.S. Congress.
As an Air Force officer she worked with our NATO allies and in the United Kingdom. After leaving the Air Force in 1989, she became Director for European Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council staff at the White House.
Wilson serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Commerce Committee.
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