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Major General George E. Turnmeyer entered the Army as a private in 1944 and retired as a Major General in 1977. MG Turnmeyer's citations and awards include the Army Distinguished Service Medal and induction into the exclusive Ordnance Corps Hall of Fame in 1990. He was designated Project Manager for the Lance missile system, and was instrumental in bringing this complex project on line, on schedule. He also played a major role in the development of a non-nuclear warhead and fuze system for the Lance. From 1974 until 1977, General Turnmeyer was first Deputy Commander and then Commander of the U.S. Army Missile Command and Redstone Arsenal. After his retirement Turnmeyer served as the Director of the UAH Office of Cooperative Education from 1979-1990.