Malcolm Ross O'Neill
Malcolm Ross O'Neill (born March 25, 1940) was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, having been sworn into office by United States Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal on March 10, 2010, and resigned June 3, 2011. Biography Malcolm Ross O'Neill was born in Chicago in 1940, where he graduated from Senn High School in 1958. He was educated at DePaul University, receiving a B.Sc. in Physics. In 1962, he joined the United States Army and was commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer. Following postings to Fort Sill, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Redstone Arsenal, and the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey, O'Neill began his first tour of duty during the Vietnam War beginning in January 1965. There, he was posted at the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. He spent 1966-67 as an instructor, and then aide-de-camp at Redstone Arsenal. In 1967-68, O'Neill was a student at the United States Army Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen Proving Ground. He then spent 1968-70 completing a master's degree in Physics at Rice University. He returned to Vietnam in June 1970, serving as Assistant Chief of Staff of the United States Army