Birth Name: | Frank Graham Klotz |
Office: | United States Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security |
President: | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Term Start: | April 8, 2014 |
Term End: | January 20, 2018 |
Preceded: | Tom D'Agostino |
Successor: | Steven C. Erhart (Acting) Lisa Gordon-Hagerty |
Birth Date: | 7 September 1950 |
Birth Place: | Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | U.S. Air Force Academy University of Oxford National War College |
Spouse: | Nancy |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1973–2011 |
Rank: | Lieutenant general |
Mawards: | Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (4) Defense Superior Service Medal (3) Legion of Merit (2) Defense Meritorious Service Medal |
Frank Graham Klotz (born September 7, 1950) served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was confirmed for the position on April 8, 2014, and retired on January 20, 2018.[1] [2]
Until retiring in 2011, Klotz was a United States Air Force Lieutenant General who last served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
He was born in Lubbock, Texas.[3]
General Klotz entered the Air Force in 1973 as a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has commanded a Minuteman missile squadron, a missile launch task force, an operations group, a missile wing and a numbered air force. The general's staff assignments include tours on the Air Staff, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and at the State Department as a White House Fellow. He has also served on the faculty of the Air Force Academy, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, at the American Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and as the Director for Nuclear Policy and Arms Control with the National Security Council at the White House. He has also served as the vice commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Prior to assuming command of Air Force Global Strike Command, General Klotz was Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Force Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Between 2014 and 2018, Klotz served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, responsible for the management and operation of NNSA, as well as policy matters across the Department of Energy and NNSA enterprise in support of the president's nuclear security agenda.
1973 Distinguished graduate, Bachelor of Science degree in international affairs, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1975 Master of Philosophy degree in international relations, Oxford University, Oxford, England
1980 Doctor of Philosophy degree in politics, Oxford University, Oxford, England
1980 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
1988 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
1996 Senior Officials in National Security Program, Syracuse University, New York
2005 Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2006 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters | ||
Defense Superior Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters | ||
Legion of Merit with bronze oak leaf cluster | ||
Defense Meritorious Service Medal | ||
Meritorious Service Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters | ||
Aerial Achievement Medal | ||
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with bronze oak leaf cluster | ||
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three bronze oak leaf clusters | ||
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with three bronze oak leaf clusters | ||
Combat Readiness Medal | ||
Air Force Recognition Ribbon | ||
National Defense Service Medal with two bronze service stars | ||
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal | ||
Humanitarian Service Medal | ||
Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon with two bronze oak leaf clusters | ||
Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters | ||
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with bronze service star | ||
Air Force Training Ribbon |
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
1973 Rhodes Scholar
1983 Named one of Ten Outstanding Young Men of America, U.S. Jaycees
2002 Heritage Hall of Fame Inductee, U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School
2006 Gen. Thomas D. White Space Trophy, Air Force Association