Brian Dubie

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Brian Dubie

Brian E. Dubie (born March 9, 1959 in Burlington , Vermont ) is an American politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011 .

Life

Brian Dubie was born in Burlington, Vermont and attended school in Essex Junction . He graduated from Essex High School in 1977, attended the United States Air Force Academy from 1977 to 1980 , returned to Vermont in 1980, joined the Vermont Air National Guard , and graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1982 . Dubie is married to Penny Bolio Dubie and the couple have four children. His brother is Lieutenant General Michael Dubie .

Training and military service

Dubie joined the Vermont Air National Guard while still a student at the University of Vermont. After graduating, he completed training with the United States Air Force . He flew the F-4 Phantom II and later the F-16 Fighting Falcon , a total of more than 2500 flight hours in combat aircraft. Even when he started working for private aviation, he continued to fly for the Air Guard. Dubie worked since 1982 as a project engineer and project manager for tank systems for military and commercial aircraft for Simmons Precision, now Goodrich Corporation in Vergennes . In 1989 Dubie moved to American Airlines as a pilot . There he flew the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 , later the Boeing 737-800 .

As Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, Dubie founded the Vermont Aerospace and Aviation Association in August 2006. In October 2006, Dubie was named chairman of the Aerospace States Association. The Aerospace States Association is a national, non-partisan organization of the lieutenant governors and their appointees from each state who represent the base of American space travel.

With more than 2,500 hours of flight hours in military fighter pilots, Brian Dubie reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Vermont Air National Guard. He worked as an instructor for pilots and operations support flight commander of the 158th Fighter Wing . In 1998 he left the Air Guard and joined the Air Force Reserve Command. There he worked as an emergency preparedness liaison officer for the Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate .

For his service at the World Trade Center site after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks , Dubie was awarded the First Tier Meritorious Service Medal of the Oak leaf Cluster . The second tier of the Oak leaf cluster was awarded to him in September 2005 for his service to the victims of Hurricane Katrina , as was the Army Achievement Medal of the Air Force. On June 2, 2012, Dubie retired from military service with a military ceremony held at Camp Johnson, the Vermont National Guard headquarters in Colchester .

Political career

Dubie's entry into politics came with his dedication to the Essex Junction School Board , his former school. He was a member of this body from 1995 to 2000 and its chairman from 1996 to 2000. He was a member of the Essex Junction Community Drug Awareness Committee from 1993 to 1995, and he was also a co-coach in youth football and the Little League.

His first candidacy for lieutenant governor in 2000 failed. In 2002 he tried again and won the election. He was re-elected in 2004, 2006 and 2008.

In 2009, Dubie started his candidacy for election to the governor of Vermont. In the 2010 election, Dubie got 48% of the vote, Peter Shumlin 49%. The Vermont General Assembly , made up of the 150 members of the Vermont House of Representatives and the 30 members of the Vermont Senate , elects the winners for governor and lieutenant governor unless no candidate wins an absolute majority. Shumlin was elected with 145 to 28 votes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Office of the Lt. Governor ( February 4, 2010 memento from the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 4, 2015
  2. ↑ a b Cems College of ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES , accessed January 4, 2015.
  3. ^ Brian Dubie seeks state's top office Addison County Independent, July 26, 2010, accessed January 4, 2015
  4. ^ Entry in the Vermont Chamber of Commerce , accessed January 4, 2014.
  5. ^ The Aerospace States Association: Vermont Lt. Governor Brian Dubie elected chair of Aerospace States Association in nation's capital ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 4, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / aerostates.org
  6. ↑ Lauren Victory ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Col. Dubie Retires From Military, WPTZ-TV, June 2, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wptz.com
  7. ↑ Capitolwords, the Sunlight Foundation ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Address given by Senator Patrick Leahy on passing Colonel Brian Dubie, May 16, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / capitolwords.org
  8. ↑ Washington Post, Republican Governor Won't Seek Reelection in Democratic Vermont, August 28, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2015
  9. ↑ Vermont General Assembly , Journal of the Joint Assembly, Jan. 6, 2011, p. 5
personal data
SURNAME Dubie, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dubie, Brian E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Burlington , Vermont