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John George Pappageorge (born July 19, 1931) is a former member of the Michigan State Senate. ==Biography== John Pappageorge was born to a Greek family on the east side of Detroit, Michigan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://senate.michigan.gov/gop/senators/about.asp?District=13 )〕 Pappageorge entered the United States Army after graduating from high school in Detroit, enrolling in the United States Military Academy at West Point. From West Point he received a B.S. in engineering in 1954. He later obtained a M.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 1971 and attended the U.S. Army War College in 1973.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=1256 )〕 Pappageorge served 30 years of active duty in the Infantry, including two combat tours in Vietnam. During the second tour, he served as a battalion commander. There he was highly decorated, including receiving the Distinguished Service Medal, Superior Service Medal, four Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star, nine Air Medals, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross. He is also Airborne, Ranger, and Pathfinder qualified.〔 While in the Army, Pappageorge served as Special Assistant to General Alexander Haig, who was then the Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (CinCUSEUR) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) (and later U.S. Secretary of State). Pappageorge conducted shuttle diplomacy between Greece and Turkey that returned Greek forces to NATO's integrated military structure.〔 He spent his last four years in the Army, 1981–1984, as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Council.〔〔〔 He retired as a colonel in 1984, settling in Troy, Michigan in Oakland County.〔 After retirement from the Army, Pappageorge became Director of Business and Strategic Planning at General Dynamics Land Systems Division. From 1989 to 1992, Pappageorge served as an Oakland county commissioner.〔〔 He was the Republican candidate for Congress in Michigan's 12th congressional district in 1992, 1994, and 1996. In 1995, he served as First Vice-Chair of the Republican Party of Michigan.〔 Pappageorge was married for thirty-five years to his first wife, Helen. She died in 1993 to pancreatic cancer. He married Cristina Burnard (now Cristina Pappageorge) in 1997.〔 Pappageorge has a son and two daughters.〔 His son George is an Army reserve Lieutenant Colonel who has served in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Pappageorge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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