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Major General Leonard M. Randolph Jr

US Air Force Military Biographies, Annual, 2004

MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD M. RANDOLPH JR.

Retired Sep. 1, 2003.

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Maj. Gen. Leonard M. Randolph Jr. is Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, TRICARE Management Activity, currently detailed as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Plan Administration, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Washington, D.C. In these capacities, he serves as the principal adviser to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on Department of Defense health plan policy and oversight of the health plan performance. He is responsible for the operations and performance of DOD's TRICARE-managed health care program for members of the uniformed services, their families, retirees and other eligible people. He directs a staff of 185 and an annual operating Defense Health Program budget of $11 billion with oversight including the effective provision of high-quality, accessible health care for 8.7 million beneficiaries worldwide. This is done through an integrated network of 78 hospitals and more than 500 clinics in the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines. The general functions as the chair of the Council of Deputies for the Military Health System and the TRICARE program executive officer, and heads the Information Management Proponency Committee responsible for guiding MHS programs relating to information management and information technology, The general's duties incorporate working liaisons with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Veterans Affairs, constituting a federal health care consortium for America.

The general entered the Air Force in 1970 while attending medical school at Meharry Medical College. He graduated in 1972 as a distinguished graduate and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society. He has commanded hospitals at George Air Force Base, the medical center at Travis Air Force Base, and was acting commander at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. A fellow and member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons, he is also a distinguished fellow and past president of the American College of Physician Executives. In addition, the general serves on the Board of Trustees of Marietta College, and is a charter member of the Athletic Founders' Board at the college. He is board-certified in general surgery and medical management, and is a certified physician executive and chief flight surgeon.

EDUCATION

1965 Bachelor of science degree in biology, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio

1967 Master of science degree in microbiology, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

1972 Doctor of medicine degree, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.

1977 General surgery residency, Keesler Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.

1978 Aerospace Medicine Primary Course, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

1980 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

1984 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

1989 Physician in Management I and II, American College of Physician Executives, Tampa, Fla.

1990 Advanced Health Care Administration, Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, Washington, D.C.

1996 Capstone Executive Development Course, National Defense University

ASSIGNMENTS

1. September 1970-May 1972, Air Force Institute of Technology medical student, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn.

2. July 1972-June 1977, general surgery resident, Keesler AFB, Miss.

3. July 1977-June 1983, chief of surgical services, Bergstrom AFB, Texas

4. July 1983-June 1984, attending staff surgeon, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

5. July 1984-September 1985, director of medical education, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

6. October 1985-August 1986, chief of hospital services, Minot AFB, N.D.

7. August 1986-April 1988, director of hospital services, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

8. May 1988-July 1988, acting commander, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

9. August 1988-April 1990, commander, 831st Medical Group, George AFB, Calif.

10. April 1990-August 1991, deputy command surgeon and director of professional services, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Va. (August 1990-March 1991, forward command surgeon, U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

11. August 1991-January 1994, command surgeon, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.

12. January 1994-August 1997, commander, 60th Medical Group, David Grant USAF Medical Center and lead agent, Department of Defense Health Service Region 10, Travis AFB, Calif.

13. August 1997-January 1999, command surgeon, U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.

14. January 1999-November 1999, special assistant to the Air Force Surgeon General, Bolling AFB, D.C.

15. November 1999-July 2001, Deputy Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling AFB, D.C.

16. July 2001-May 2003, Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, TRICARE Management Activity, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Washington, D.C.

Major General Leonard M. Randolph Jr

US Air Force Military Biographies, Annual, 2004

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