Niles Fulwyler

Niles J. Fulwyler (13 November 1928 – 11 January 2014) was a United States Army major general who served as Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range from 1982 to 1986.

Biography Niles J. Fulwyler was born on a ranch in Homedale, Idaho, on 13 November 1928, the son of Niles and Mary Fulwyler. His father died in 1936, and his mother married Clarence Hone, and the family moved to Bellefontaine, Ohio. He entered Bowling Green State University, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science in 1952. He served with the ROTC there, becoming a cadet battalion commander in 1952. He was one of three cadets that year to receive Regular Army commissions; another 33 cadets in that year received reserve commissions.

On graduation, Fulwyler joined the United States Army, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the field artillery, He attended the Field Artillery School and Infantry School, and in 1962 was selected to attend the American University in Washington, D.C., from which he earned a Master of Arts degree in International Relations in 1964. As such, he helped coordinate United States air support that helped turn the tide of the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive. and acquired funding from the Department of Energy and the Army for the National Park Service to completely restore the McDonald Ranch House. He also led volunteers in cleaning up Burn Lake in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and laying sod for the Albert Johnson Memorial Park there. A scholarship was established in his name at Bowling Green State University for undergraduates serving in the ROTC.