Daniel W. Christman

Daniel William Christman (born May 5, 1943) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general, former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (1996–2001), and served as the Senior Vice President for International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A 1965 graduate of West Point, he went on to earn multiple post-graduate degrees and hold numerous commands during his army career. Christman served in highly visible and strategically important positions and four times was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the nation's highest peacetime service award.

Early life and education Born in Youngstown, Ohio and raised in Hudson, Ohio, Christman attended Western Reserve Academy for high school and graduated first in his class from West Point in 1965. He holds master's degrees in civil engineering and public affairs from Princeton University (June 1969) and graduated with honors from George Washington University law school in 1986. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College in June 1974 and the National War College in June 1983. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., bar associations and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a graduate of the Army Ranger School in November 1965 and the Airborne School. Christman was appointed to the board of directors of the Ultralife Corporation of Newark, New York, in August 2001. He served as Senior Vice President International Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce starting in June 2003, and was previously the executive director of the Kimsey Foundation in Washington, D.C. He also serve as a director of United Services Automobile Association, an insurance mutual corporation, and Entegris, Inc., a semi-conductor equipment manufacturer, and on the American Security Project's board of directors.