The origin of name change from Misawa High School (1948-1976) to
Robert D. Edgren High School (1977 - Present)
Col. Robert D. Edgren
United States Air Force
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*Quoted from Col. Edgren's memorial service information sheets provided by Jeff Boyer, Class of '79.
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Colonel Robert D. Edgren was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 24, 1930. He graduated from Chicago public schools, and attended Iowa Wesleyan College, University of New Mexico, Ohio University, and holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Omaha. Colonel Edgren also performed post-graduate work at the University of Oklahoma.
He entered the US Navy on February 15, 1946, and during his three year enlistment served on Guam and Pearl Harbor with the Pacific Fleet Submarine Force. Following his discharge, he attended college until hostilities broke out in Korea, at which time he entered the Air Force. Colonel Edgren attended Officer Candidate School, was named Distinguished Graduate upon commissioning on June 17, 1955, and went on to Navigator Training.
His assignments included tours of duty as a navigator, instructor and standardization evaluator in the RB-47. He attended Air Command and Staff College in 1965, and is a graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Other assignments were to Sandia Base, New Mexico, Forbes AFB, Kansas, Offutt AFB, Nebraska and Kadena AB, Okinawa. He assumed command of the 6920th Air Base Group and Misawa Air Base on 9 August 1973 and served here with distinction until 10 May 1976.
His major awards include the Legion of Merit; Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal; and the recommendation for an Oak Leaf Cluster is presently under consideration by Headquarters USAFSS.
Colonel Edgren's untimely death occured at approximately 8:00 AM, Thursday, 13 may 1976 as a result of massive Heart Attack in Owensboro, Kentucky, while on leave enroute to his next assignment at RAF Chicksands where he was to be the Commander. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Gardner Blocher of Owensboro, Kentucky, his three children: Cynthia, 24; Donald, 21; and Caryl, 17 and his mother Helen J. (nee) Hamrock.
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