Jeffrey Ford
Geographer
Bachelor of Arts, Physical and Environmental Geography, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2022
MIZZOU Student Veterans Association, President. 2021
Chancellor's Excellence Award, Outstanding Transfer Student, 2018-2019
Tau Sigma National Honor Society
US Army, 1988-92, Airborne Combat Engineer. 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg
Deployed to Saudi Arabia/Iraq. Operation Desert Shield/Storm, 1990-1991. Supported Operation Just Cause, Panama, 1989
Conducted demolition operations at Khamisiyah Ammunition Storage Point, Nasiriyah, Iraq. Mar. 4-18, 1991
Honorably Discharged, 1992
Disabled Veteran, 100% Service Connected
Testified before the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, Oct. 9, 1996
Executive Director, National Gulf War Resource Center, Inc. 1996-1997
February 11, April 9, June 19, 1997, testified before "Persian Gulf War Illness, Hearing Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs", House of Representatives https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-105hhrg44671/pdf/CHRG-105hhrg44671.pdf
Advisor, Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Special Report, United States. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Jan. 1, 1997
Testimony, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, Sep. 29, 2015 https://www.va.gov/RAC-GWVI/meetings/sep2015/C-Doc4JeffreyFord.pdf
Drafted S.2358 - Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1998, 105th Congress (1997-1998) https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2358/all-info
Received the Vietnam Veterans of America President's Award for Veterans Advocacy, 8th National Convention, 1997
Kansas Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Initiative Advisory Board, 1996-1999
Special Advisor: Prevalence and Patterns of Gulf War Illness in Kansas Veterans: Association of Symptoms with Characteristics of Person, Place, and Time of Military Service, American Journal of Epidemiology, Lea Steele, Volume 152, Issue 10, 15 November 2000 Pages 992–1002 https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/152/10/992/55709#454128
CBS Evening News, Washington Post, NY Times, LA Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Mary Matalin Radio Show. https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/22/us/us-agency-links-chemicals-to-one-illness-of-gulf-war-soldiers.html
Team Rubicon, Disaster Response. 2013 to Present https://teamrubiconusa.org/
Eagle Scout, 1979
Graduate, Lee's Summit High School, 1981
A.A. Degree, Drafting and Design Engineering, MCC KCMO 95
BA, Geography, University of Missouri. 2022