Merdith W. B. Temple

{{Infobox military person

| name = Bo Temple

| image = MG Merdith W.B. (Bo) Temple.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2011

| birth_name = Merdith Wyndham Bolling Temple

| nickname = "Bone Crusher"

| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|7|8}}

| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2020|11|1|1953|7|8}}}}

| death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

| allegiance = United States

| branch = United States Army

| branch_label = Branch

| serviceyears = 1975–2012

| rank = Major General

| commands = USACE

| battles = {{ublist|Southwest Asia|War on Terrorism}}

| battles_label = Wars

| awards = {{ublist|Distinguished Service Medal|Legion of Merit (2)|Bronze Star Medal (2)|Joint Service Commendation Medal|Defense Meritorious Service Medal|Master Parachutist Badge}}

| spouse = {{Marriage|Nancy Temple|1980}}

| children = 2

| laterwork =

}}

Major General Merdith Wyndham Bolling "Bo" Temple (July 8, 1953 – November 1, 2020) was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as the Acting Chief of Engineers and Acting Commanding General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from 2011 to 2012. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commanding General.

Early life and career

Merdith Wyndham Bolling Temple was born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 8, 1953. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and Texas A&M University with a master's degree in civil engineering. Commissioned into the United States Army in 1975, he served in operational engineering commands in Korea, the U.S., and Germany before commanding the 307th Engineer Battalion. He commanded the 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat) (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from 1998 to 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.hqda.army.mil/daen/chief_of_engineers.html|title=Acting Chief of Engineers|date=July 20, 2011|work=U.S. Army Office of the Chief of Engineers|accessdate=August 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928121537/http://www.hqda.army.mil/daen/chief_of_engineers.html|archivedate=September 28, 2011}}{{cite journal|last=Hasenauer|first=Heike|date=March 2008|title=The Army's Building Boom|journal=Soldiers Magazine|publisher=U.S. Army|volume=63|issue=3|url=http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/rv5_other/soldiers/archives/pdfs/mar08all.pdf|accessdate=August 28, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329044119/http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/rv5_other/soldiers/archives/pdfs/mar08all.pdf|archivedate=March 29, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/building-the-bench/|title=Building the Bench: An interview with Maj. Gen. Merdith W.B. Temple|last=Tegler|first=Jan|date=September 24, 2009|work=Defense Media Network|accessdate=August 24, 2011}} He died of cancer on November 1, 2020, at home in Richmond, Virginia.

Selected works

{{cite journal|title=Cost Effectiveness of Geotechnical Investigations|date=January 1987|journal=Military Engineer|publisher= U.S. Army Corps of Engineers}}
{{cite video|title=How George Washington Goethals Became Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal|year=2014|publisher=ASCE/EWB-USA (YouTube)}}
{{cite book|title=The Southeast Anatolian Project and Middle East water: implications for NATO|series=USAWC strategy research project|year=1998|publisher=U.S. Army War College}}
{{cite book|title=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Change Management Strategies|year=2015|publisher=Society of American Military Engineers}}

References

External links

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{{succession box |before = Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp Jr. |title = Chief of Engineers
{{small|Acting}} |years = 2011–2012|after = Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick}}

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Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers

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Category:American military engineers

Category:American military writers

Category:Deaths from cancer in Virginia

Category:Military personnel from Richmond, Virginia

Category:Military personnel of the Cold War

Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)

Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit