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Pentagon"s National Security Space Architect Dies After Heart Attack
By Jeremy Singer
Spacenews.com Staff Writer
posted: 11:33 am ET
28 February 2001
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WASHINGTON U WASHINGTON -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Davis, the Pentagons National Security space architect, died Feb. 27 after suffering a heart attack. Davis had collapsed at the Pentagon on Monday, and passed away Tuesday afternoon, according to Air Force Capt. Joseph Della Vedova, a spokesman for the service. Davis, who had served in the post since September, was responsible for developing, coordinating and integrating military and intelligence space assets. Davis was among the first officers involved in the Strategic Defense Initiative and served on the vice president's NASA Synthesis Group for the Space Exploration Initiative, according to an Air Force biography. Davis space-related assignments included serving as director of developmental planning at Air Force Space and Missile System Center, Los Angeles, California, from June 1991 to July 1993. He also served as director of the Air Force Phillips research laboratory from July 1993 to June 1995 and the Wright research laboratory from June 1995 to August 1997. Prior to his assignment as the space architect, Davis served with the Pentagons Ballistic Missile Defense Organization from August 1997 through September 2000, where he was the organizations deputy for theater air and missile defense, and then its chief architect. The Pentagon is "tremendously saddened by the untimely death of General Davis," said Susan Hansen, a Defense Department spokeswoman. "We benefited greatly from his wise council which we will miss." The Pentagon has not yet named a replacement for Davis, Hansen said.
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