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Kenneth L. Tallman
Kenneth L. Tallman (March 22, 1925 – March 6, 2006) was a United States Air Force Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general. He was the eighth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy. Biography Kenneth Lee Tallman was born on March 22, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. Raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, he graduated from Cheyenne High School (Cheyenne, Wyoming), Cheyenne High School in 1942, and enrolled at the University of Wyoming where he was a member of 1942–43 Wyoming Cowboys basketball team, their NCAA basketball championship team in 1943. Military service He enrolled in the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, graduating in 1946. While there, he participated on the football, basketball and track teams. He received a master's degree in international affairs from The George Washington University in 1967 and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Wyoming in 1978. Tallman earned his pilot wings in the United States Army Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051. Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
