[an error occurred while processing this directive] Major General Larry Twitchell, USAF (class of '65)

As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Larry Twitchell played football and studied mathematics, all while being an active member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He is currently Chief, US Training Mission, CENTCOM, in Saudia Arabia. General Twitchell took some time off his busy Schedule to see the Wolverines beat the Nitanny Lions of Penn State in 2005. The following story appead in The Sigman, the official Newstletter of Lambda Chi Alpha at the University of Michigan:

Air Force Major General Larry L. Twitchell '65 spent two days in Ann Arbor in October on leave from his Middle East duty post, and spent the day of the Penn State football game visiting with undergraduates and alumni at the chapter house before taking in the game and tailgate activities with alumni brothers from the early 1960s.

On the Friday before the game, Larry visited legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler on campus and presented him with a framed American flag. In a letter to George Spasyk '49, Larry describes that visit: "The presentation to Bo was the American flag I had flown over the skies of Afghanistan and Iraq in August 2003 when I served as the leader of the air war.

"Why Bo, since he came to Michigan long after I left the University? Besides the honor of meeting Bo, simply to fulfill an inner need, one might say. As we, the staff of U.S. Central Command Air Forces, were doing the planning for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2002, there were many versions and iterations before the plan was presented to the President. One of the questions we addressed hypothetically was 'will this generation do as well as the WWII generation?' I formulated an opinion that Americans instill in our youth a will to win and our leaders and mentors are our teachers and coaches. So, I thought I would like to try to recognize Bo and to thank him for his contributions to UM football and to the Nation. "Again, it was good seeing you in Ann Arbor and good to see the house and meet some of the fine new Lambda Chis."

Picture courtesty of the United States Air Force.