Herbert H. Kaiser Jr.

KAISER HERBERT H. KAISER, JR. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr. passed away on October 25, 2011, in Fairfax, Virginia, at age 79. He was born January 23, 1932 in Decatur, Illinois to Herbert H. Kaiser Sr. and Dorothy Dennis Kaiser. A graduate of Monticello High School in Illinois, Mr. Kaiser graduated from Yale University in 1953, Harvard Law School in 1960 and received an M.B.A. from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. in 1968. Enlisting in the Air Force in 1953, he served as a loadmaster on C-119s and C-124s with squadrons from Donaldson Air Force Base, S.C. He was subsequently selected for Officer Candidate School and commissioned in December, 1954. Later he was assigned to Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, as an intelligence officer until released from active duty in 1957. For the next thirty years, he was in the Air Force ready reserve, and was recalled to active duty several more times before his retirement as a Brigadier General in 1987. In 1967 he was recalled to attend the Air Command and Staff College and was the first Reserve officer named a Distinguished Graduate. Thereafter, he commanded reserve detachments of the Air Force Intelligence Service at bases in Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. He was also recalled during OPERATION HOMECOMING in 1973 to debrief Air Force prisoners of war returning from North Viet Nam. A graduate of the National War College, he received the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (military) upon his military retirement in 1987. In civilian life, Mr. Kaiser combined his military and legal background in positions with the Department of Defense, ending his career as the Deputy for Facility Programs in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kaiser practiced law and held corporate and public sector positions with an international focus. When retiring from the Civil Service in 1992, he received the Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal. In retirement, Mr. Kaiser was President of Kaiser Abstract Company and Shelby County Land Title Corporation, a family-owned title insurance business in his home town of Monticello, Illinois. He is survived by his widow, Barbara R. Kaiser of McLean, VA, his two daughters Lisa Kaiser of Alexandria, VA and Betsy McIntyre of Washington, D.C. and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church, McLean, VA, at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2011. Graveside Services with Full Military Honors will be held on Monday, January 30 at 3pm at Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation, www.parkinson.org. Please view and sign the family guestbook at www.moneyandking.com. Arrangements by Money and King Funeral Home, Vienna, VA.