Lauris Norstad Born: 24-Mar-1907 Birthplace: Minneapolis, MN Died: 12-Sep-1988 Location of death: Tucson, AZ [1] Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Gender: Male Religion: Lutheran Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Military Nationality: United States Executive summary: Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 Military service: US Army Air Corps (1930-47); US Air Force (1947-63, Gen.) [1] Death from cardiac arrest, Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ.
Father: Martin Norstad (Lutheran minister) Mother: Marie Johnson Brother: Frederic Norstad Sister: Marie Ernster Wife: Isabelle Helen Jenkins (m. 1935, until his death, one daughter) Daughter: Kristin Jaffe
University: US Military Academy, West Point (1930)
Owens Corning CEO (1967-72)
Owens Corning President (1963-72)
Owens Corning COO (1963-67)
US Defense Department Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (1956-63) US Defense Department Air Deputy to Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (1953-56) US Defense Department Commander-in-Chief, US Air Forces Europe (1950-53) US Defense Department Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Air Force (1947-50) US War Department Director of Plans and Operations Division (1947) US War Department Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans, Army Air Force (1945-47) US War Department Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Army Airforce HQ (1944-45) Member of the Board of Abitibi Paper Company
Member of the Board of Conoco
Member of the Board of Owens Corning
RAND Corporation Board of Directors Air Medal French Legion of Honor Legion of Merit Silver Star Norwegian Ancestry Paternal
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