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Richard Myers is a Member of the Board of Directors at Aon Corporation.

Richard served as the fifteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2001 until his retirement on September 30, 2005. In this capacity, Richard was the highest ranking officer in the United States military and served as the Principal Military Advisor to the President, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council.

Prior to becoming Chairman, Richard served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from March 2000 to September 2001.

From August 1998 to February 2000, Richard was Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command; Commander, Air Force Space Command; and Department of Defense Manager, space transportation system contingency support at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Prior to assuming that position, he was Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, from July 1997 to July 1998. General Myers is a director of Deere & Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation and United Technologies Corporation.

Richard also serves as the Colin L. Powell Chair of National Security, Leadership, Character and Ethics at the National Defense University, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the USO World Board of Governors and the Foundation Professor of Military History and Leadership at Kansas State University.

Richard holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Kansas State University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Auburn University. Richard attended the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; and the Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.