Major General, United States Air Force (Retired)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1964, The University of Oklahoma
M.S. Aerospace-Mechanical Engineering 1966, Air Force Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering 1974, The University of Texas at Austin
Pat Condon is now fully retired from military and consulting duties and spends his time volunteering in a number of local community and national endeavors.
Condon received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Oklahoma, his M.S. degree in aerospace-mechanical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, and his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
Condon served on active duty in the United States Air Force for 33 years, retiring as a Major General, and is a former Commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, UT. He served as a rendezvous analyst at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston during the Apollo and Skylab programs. Condon also commanded the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, TN, and the Air Force Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL. He served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition in the Pentagon as the Director of Management Policy and Program Integration and as Acting Director of Air Force Science and Technology. He also served as the Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Following retirement from the USAF, Condon served as an aerospace consultant, primarily for companies interested in doing business with the Department of Defense and with Air Force systems program offices. He also served for six years as a senior policy advisor on the staff of Senator Mike Lee (UT). He currently serves on a number of boards of academic and business organizations, and is a member of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NASA Advisory Council, an emeritus member of the Board of Visitors of the College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma and an emeritus member of the Board of Visitors of the Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the College of Science at Weber State University, Ogden, UT, a member of the Board of Directors of the Utah Defense Alliance and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hill AFB Aerospace Museum. Condon also served as the National President and Chairman of the Board of the Air Force Association.
In addition to many military awards and decorations, Condon is the recipient of NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Medal and the Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Award. He was also privileged to be a relay torch-bearer for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Condon lives in Ogden, UT, with his wife, Judy, to whom he has been married since 1965. They have two children, Susan Adams in Bloomfield Hills, MI and Michael Condon in Midvale, UT. Condon ran 25 marathons, including Boston, between 1996 and 2003. Now, he enjoys spending time golfing with friends and family, skiing and volunteering locally and nationally to support a number of U.S. military, NASA and academic causes.
