Tom Stein - Getaway Driver - USAFA • CLASS OF 1970

Tom Stein - Getaway Driver

6/13/2018

One day post-surgery ready to handle the chase team!

"There is no 'finish line' for service
to others." - Tom Stein

Factoids

Tom began active duty at Stanford University where he graduated with a MS in Structural Mechanics in 1971, followed by assignment to the Sacramento Air Logistics Center at McClellan Air Force Base in California. He worked in a Service Engineering Division responsible for Aircraft Structural Integrity for F-104, F-100, F-105 and F-111 aircraft fleets worldwide. In 1974 he was assigned to the Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio, where he worked in a fatigue and fracture group that supported turbine engine development programs for A-10, B-1, F-15 and F-16 aircraft programs.

In 1976 he served as a program manager for the development and integration of the Pratt & Whitney F100 engine for the F-16. Tom left active duty in 1978, but continued his military career as a Reservist. He retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1994 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

F-100

A-10

F-104

B-1

F-105

F-15

F-111

F-16

In the private sector, Tom distinguished himself in the commercial construction industry. For more than 25 years he has been involved in many of Oregon’s signature construction projects, including the Oregon Convention Center, Fox Tower, PDX Airport expansions, as well as many college and university projects throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho. As Operations Vice President for Hoffman Construction, Tom has overseen multi-million dollar construction projects for Fortune 500 client companies that included Nike, Intel, Boeing, Microsoft, Apple, and Google. Tom serves as a director on the Board of the USAFA Endowment.

Congrats to Tom for being named to the Board of Directors of the USAFA Endowment

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The Real Story

During my Third Class year at USAFA, we lost my mother to cancer. It rocked our world. We have missed her in our lives ever since. She was 42 years old and a Navy Veteran. She answered her country’s call during WW II as a Navy Wave and was assigned to an administrative pool in Washington DC. She and my Father (Army Tenth Mountain Division) were so very much part of the Greatest Generation, so selfless and focused on creating a better life for their children.

Great strides are being made in Cancer Research and treatment. That is in part why this initiative by the USAF Academy Class of 1970, Winded Warriors (brothers all) is important. Fifty years later there is still a common bond that is steeped in the values of USAFA:

Integrity First
Service Before Self
Excellence In All We Do

This is about what, for most of us, is a long history of service to others and now applying wisdom, character, and sober judgement that comes with age. There is no "finish line" for service to others.

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"It is not by strength or speed or swiftness of body that great deeds are done, but by wisdom, character, and sober judgment. These qualities grow richer as time passes."

Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius CICERO