David D. Hamlar Jr.
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David D. Hamlar Jr. | |
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| Nickname(s) | David |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Ohio |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ |  Air National Guard Minnesota National Guard |
| Years of service | 1989 - 2020 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | |
David Duffield Hamlar, Jr is a retired Major General with the Minnesota Air National Guard.[1][2] In 2014, Hamlar became the first Black general officer for the Minnesota National Guard.[3] Three years later, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Hamlar as the Adjutant General of the Minnesota National Guard.[4]
Early Life, Family, Education, Civilian, Medical Career[edit]
Hamlar was born in Columbus, Ohio. He is the son of Maxine Harbour Hamlar and Dr. David “Duck” Duffield Hamlar, Sr. (1924 - October 25, 2012), a prominent dentist and a University of Toledo Hall of Fame two-way back in 1946 and 1947.[5] A star college athlete, Hamlar played gridiron football, basketball, and track and field, earning varsity letters in all three. In 1947, he received the Fred Stalcup MVP award.[5] Drafted twice by the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL), Hamlar Sr. instead chose to pursue dentistry at Howard University.[6] A practicing dental surgeon in Columbus, Ohio for 52 years, David Hamlar was a past president of the Toledo, Ohio Board of Education. [6]
Hamlar’s aunt was civil rights leader Natalie Lorraine Hamlar-Mason (March 26, 1927 -July 4, 1999), who was widely known as the 'one of the Mothers of Civil Rights' in Mississippi along with civil rights great Fannie Lou Hamer.[7] Hamlar-Mason was the 1st wife of Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Sr. (October 7, 1928 – July 8, 2006), prominent physician and famed Mississippi civil rights leader who organized the “Biloxi wade-ins from May 1959 to 1963, to desegregate Biloxi, Mississippi’s public beaches.[8] Their heroic actions led to more wade-ins on “white-only” beaches, setting off "Bloody Sunday" or "The Bloody Wade-in", the bloodiest race riot in the Mississippi's history.[9][10]These wade-ins prompted the U.S. Department of Justice Department to launch the first-ever federal court challenge to Mississippi's segregationist laws. [11]
Hamlar is also the nephew of Lawrence Hamlar (November 27, 1921 - December 31, 2003), a prominent African-American civic leader, businessman, and first African-American to serve as a member and President of the Roanoke City School Board in Roanoke, Virginia.
Hamlar studied biology at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, earning his bachelor's degree in 1977.[12] He then earned a National Health Service Corps scholarship that enabled him to attend Howard University College of Dentistry, from which he graduated in 1981.[12] He became a practising dentist in Columbus, Ohio with his father Hamlar Sr. In 1985, Hamlar attended Ohio State University’s medical school, graduating in 1989.[13] In his final year of medical school, Hamlar served as a research scientist.[12] Hamlar spent his immediate post-graduate tenure with five years of training in general surgery and in otolaryngology. In 1994, he joined the University of Minnesota with a fellowship in Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery.[12]
In his civilian career, Hamlar has served as a professor of otolaryngology at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has also served as the Associate Clinical Professor- Uniformed Services at the University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He also served as a Staff Physician for Regions Hospital in St Paul, Minnesota, as the section chair of surgical subspecialties at HealthPartners Medical Group in Minneapolis, and as a Staff Physician at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [12]
Hamlar has served as a consultant for several college and professional sports teams including University of Minnesota’s Gopher sports teams, the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, and the NHL’s Minnesota Wild team where he has served as team physician since 2003.[3][14]
Hamlar is married to June Hamlar.[15][14]
Hamlar is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.[16]
Military Career[edit]
On February 11, 1989, Hamlar received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant, joining the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Tactical Fighter Wing. He split his time in 1995 between traditional guardsmanship and as a general practice physician for the 133rd Airlift Wing.[1]
During his military career, Hamlar served in a number of military operations, including Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.[1]
On June 25, 2014, Hamlar was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.[1][17][18]
In 2017, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed Hamlar to a seven-year term as the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard, replacing former Minnesota National Guard Adjutant General Richard C. Nash.[4][19][20]
Hamlar retired from the Minnesota Air National Guard as a Major General.[2]
Awards and commendations[edit]
- Meritorious Service Medal[1]
- Air Medal[1]
- Aerial Achievement Medal[1]
- Air Force Commendation Medal[1]
- Air Force Achievement Medal[1]
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
- National Defense Service Medal[1]
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal[1]
- Iraqi Campaign Medal[1]
- Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal[1]
- Air Force Overseas Ribbon[1]
- Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon[1]
- Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon[1]
- Armed Forces Reserve Medal[1]
- Armed Force Training Ribbon[1]
- Minnesota Distinguished Service Medal[1]
- Minnesota State Service Medal[1]
Honors[edit]
- In 2015, the National Guard named Hamlar “Black Engineer of the Year” at the 29th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards at the 10th Annual Stars and Stripes Dinner. [3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 National Guard Bureau - General Officer Management Office. “Brigadier General David D. Hamlar Jr.” https://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Features/ngbgomo/bio/2/2825.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 University of Minnesota. “DAVID D. HAMLAR, MD, DDS - Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.” https://med.umn.edu/bio/ent-faculty/david-hamlar
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 National Guard. “Civilian dentist and doctor, National Guard general named Black Engineer of the Year.” Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill National Guard Bureau. Feb. 8, 2015. https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/577254/civilian-dentist-and-doctor-national-guard-general-named-black-engineer-of-the/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rollingout Magazine. “Brigadier General David D. Hamlar Jr. promoted to lead Minnesota National Guard.” January 7, 2018. https://rollingout.com/2018/01/07/brigadier-general-david-d-hamlar-jr/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Toledo Rockets. David Hamler, Football, Basketball, Track (1946-47) https://utrockets.com/sports/2015/3/17/GEN_20140101319.aspx
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 David Duffield Hamlar Sr. Obituary. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/david-hamlar-obituary?pid=160748789
- ↑ "Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.: Physician, Activist, Citizen: The Woman Behind the Man: The Life and Work of Natalie Hamlar Mason." https://gilbertrmason.com/the-life-of-natalie-h-mason
- ↑ Mississippi Senate Resolution 505. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE 2 LEGISLATURE ON THE DEATH OF DR. GILBERT MASON, SR., THE 3 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST "CIVIL RIGHTS DOCTOR," AND CELEBRATING HIS 4 LIFE AND LEGACY.http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20061E/pdf/SC/SC0505SG.pdf.
- ↑ "'Bloody Wade-in Paved Way for Public Beaches on Coast". Sun Herald. April 23, 2010.
- ↑ Dorian Randall (17 June 2013). Medgar Evers: Direct Action. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 17 June 2013
- ↑ Beaches, Blood, and Ballots: A Black Doctor's Civil Rights Struggle (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies). Gilbert R. Mason MD. (Author), James Patterson Smith (Contributor).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 National Guard Bureau - General Officer Management Office. “Brigadier General David D. Hamlar Jr.” https://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Features/ngbgomo/bio/2/2825.html
- ↑ Ohio State University Alumni Association. “A constant evolution: Dentist-turned-doctor David Hamlar has always found his purpose in helping others.” Suzanne Hoholik https://www.osu.edu/alumni/news/a-constant-evolution.html
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Minnesota National Guard. “Hamlar’s passion for taking care of people evident inside and out of the operating room.” Tech. Sgt. Paul Santikko. Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs. https://minnesotanationalguard.ng.mil/hamlars-passion-for-taking-care-of-people-evident-inside-and-out-of-the-operating-room/
- ↑ "Hamlar's passion for taking care of people evident inside and out of the operating room – Minnesota National Guard".
- ↑ Omega Psi Phi - Epsilon Rho Chapter. “The Birth of "Star of the North" Epsilon Rho Chapter.” https://er.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=435266&module_id=94658&sl=1464985510
- ↑ U.S. Department of Defense. “Minnesota Doctor Becomes Air Guard Brigadier General.” AUG. 20, 2014 | COURTESY ARTICLE, 133RD AIRLIFT WING. https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/603098/minnesota-doctor-becomes-air-guard-brigadier-general/
- ↑ MPR News. “Surgeon named brigadier general in Minnesota Guard.” St. Paul, Minn. August 19, 2014. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/18/national-guard-general-hamlar
- ↑ Duluth News Tribune. “6 generals are finalists to lead Minnesota National Guard.” Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 8:53 pm, Aug. 8, 2017. https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/4309550-6-generals-are-finalists-lead-minnesota-national-guard
- ↑ Twin Cities Pioneer Press. “Who will next lead Minnesota’s National Guard? Here are the finalists.” RACHEL E. STASSEN-BERGER | Pioneer Press PUBLISHED: August 8, 2017 at 1:25 p.m. | UPDATED: August 8, 2017. https://www.twincities.com/2017/08/08/who-will-next-lead-minnesotas-national-guard-here-are-the-finalists/
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