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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 069-97
February 13, 1997

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that he has approved the appointment of Lieutenant General Ronald W. Iverson, United States Air Force, on the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general effective May 1, 1997. Lieutenant General Iverson is currently serving as the Deputy Commander in Chief, United Nations Command Korea; Deputy Commander, United States Forces Korea; Commander, Air Component Command, Republic of Korea/United States Combined Forces Command; and Commander, Seventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan Air Base, Korea.

Lieutenant General Iverson was born June 26, 1942, in Moscow, Idaho.