Philip Hart Cullom
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Philip Hart Cullom (born July 17, 1957) is a retired vice admiral in the United States Navy.
Biography
Cullom is a native of Flossmoor, Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio_ret.asp?bioID=322|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620040637/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio_ret.asp?bioID=322|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 20, 2017|title=VICE ADMIRAL PHILIP HART CULLOM|publisher=United States Navy|accessdate=2018-06-02}} He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.hbsclubchicago.org/s/1738/cc/index2.aspx?sid=1738&gid=7&pgid=59485&crid=0&calpgid=13&calcid=1335|title=Philip Hart Cullom MBA'88, Vice Admiral, US Navy, Retired|author=|date=|website=www.hbsclubchicago.org|accessdate=29 January 2019}}
Career
Cullom graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1979.{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/315099|title=Philip Cullom|publisher=MilitaryTimes|accessdate=2018-06-02}} His assignments at sea have included serving aboard the {{USS|Mobile Bay}}, the {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower}}, the {{USS|Jesse L. Brown}}, the {{USS|Truxtun|CGN-35}} and as commanding officer of the {{USS|Mitscher|DDG-57}}. Ashore, Cullom's assignments include serving with the Office of Management and Budget, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the United States National Security Council and the Idaho National Laboratory.
Awards he has received include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Superior Honor Award and the French National Order of Merit (Officer).
In November 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Cullom to serve as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment.{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/19/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts |title=President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts |date=November 19, 2015 |publisher=The White House |accessdate=2020-06-13}} This nomination was withdrawn in January 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/946 |title=PN946 – Phillip H. Cullom – Department of Defense |date=January 11, 2016 |publisher=U.S. Congress |accessdate=2020-06-13}} Cullom retired from active duty in 2017.{{cite web |url=http://hcchicago.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=652 |title=Dialogue with Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired) Philip H. Cullom, MBA '88 |date=April 23, 2018 |publisher=The Harvard Club of Chicago |accessdate=2020-06-13}}
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Category:People from Flossmoor, Illinois
Category:United States Navy vice admirals
Category:Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Category:Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Category:Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
Category:United States Naval Academy alumni