David Architzel
{{Short description|United States admiral}}
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|name=David Architzel
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1951}}
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|birth_place=Ogdensburg, New York
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|image=Vice Admiral David Architzel, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, (USN).JPG
|caption=Vice Admiral David Architzel (Ret.)
(as Commander, Naval Air Systems Command)
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|allegiance= United States of America
|serviceyears=1973–2012
|rank= Vice Admiral
|branch = 25px United States Navy
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David Architzel (born 1951){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD8BVZeVFP4C&pg=PA23 |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy on Active Duty |date=October 1, 1990 |page=23 |publisher=Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=2021-06-23}} is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. His last assignment was as Commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
Vice Admiral Architzel was relieved by Vice Admiral David A. Dunaway and retired from nearly four decades of service on September 20, 2012.[https://archive.today/20121212023214/http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=134244 navy.mil]
Biography
Architzel was born in Ogdensburg, New York. He grew up in Merrick, New York and has one brother, Ralph, and two sisters, Reba and Anne Fleming. Architzel graduated from Sanford H. Calhoun High School in 1969. Among his classmates were Bennett "Ben" Cohen, Jerry Greenfield and his twin sister Anne.{{cite book |title=Pacer 69 |date=1969 |volume=11 |publisher=Sanford H. Calhoun High School |location=Merrick, New York}}{{cite news |url=https://fairleadint.com/news-archives/retired-navy-high-flier-takes-on-new-challenge-reviving-a-small-shipyard/ |title=Retired Navy High-Flier Takes on New Challenge: Reviving a Small Shipyard |first=Robert |last=McCabe |date=June 4, 2016 |newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot |access-date=2021-06-23}}
Architzel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973 with a B.S. degree in mathematics. He later earned an M.S. degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida.{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Biographies/BioDisplay/Article/2348280/vice-admiral-david-architzel/ |title=Vice Admiral David Architzel |date=September 15, 2020 |publisher=U.S. Navy |access-date=2021-06-23}}
Architzel served as the commanding officer of {{USS|Guam|LPH-9|6}} from 1994 to 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/11/1109.htm |title=USS Guam (LPH-9) |date=November 13, 2020 |publisher=NavSource Naval History |access-date=2021-06-23}} He became the commanding officer of the {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}} on November 1, 1996. While serving as commanding officer of Guam and Theodore Roosevelt, his crew members were frequently treated to Ben & Jerry's ice cream by his high school classmates Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
On July 29, 2005, Architzel "assumed command as the fourth Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers," according to the Navy's Web site.
Vice Adm. Architzel has accumulated over 5000 flight hours, 4300 in the S-3 Viking and the remainder in some 30 other aircraft types. His decorations include two Navy Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, four Legions of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals, the Navy Achievement Medal and various service related awards and campaign ribbons. He was also awarded the Spanish Naval Cross of Merit from His Majesty, King Juan Carlos of Spain, and the Navy League’s John Paul Jones Leadership Award for 1998. Architzel has been honored by Iceland by being made a Knight of the Order of the Falcon.
References
- [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=33 U.S. Navy Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830043206/https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=33 |date=2006-08-30 }}
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Category:People from Ogdensburg, New York
Category:People from Merrick, New York
Category:Sanford H. Calhoun High School alumni
Category:United States Naval Academy alumni
Category:United States Naval Aviators
Category:University of West Florida alumni
Category:Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Category:United States Navy vice admirals
Category:Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Category:Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Category:Grand Knights with Star of the Order of the Falcon
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