Rhonda Cornum | |
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| Birth name | Rhonda Leah Scott[1] |
| Born | October 31, 1954 Dayton, Ohio |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1978–2012 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands | Landstuhl Regional Medical Center |
| Battles / wars | Gulf War |
| Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (3) Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart |
| Spouse(s) | Kory G. Cornum |
Rhonda L. Cornum (born October 31, 1954) is a retired United States Army officer and the Director of Health Strategy for TechWerks.[2] She is a surgeon, board-certified in urology, having earned a doctorate in biochemistry and nutrition from Cornell University. Cornum worked at Letterman Army Institute of Research at the Presidio of San Francisco and entered the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, in 1982.[3] She retired in 2012 as a brigadier general, the Director of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness in the Army Staff G-3/5/7 division.[4]
She commanded the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, was president of her class at the National War College, and then became the command surgeon for United States Army Forces Command. As a brigadier general, she was United States Army Assistant Surgeon General for Force Protection before working in the joint soldier fitness program. Cornum retired on January 31, 2012.
- ^ "The family of Army Maj. Rhonda Leah Scott Cornum…". UPI. March 6, 1991. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ "About Us". TechWerks.
- ^ Borch, Fred L. (2010). For Military Merit – Recipients of the Purple Heart. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. pp. 81–83. ISBN 978-1-59114-086-3.
- ^ "Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum, Ph.D., M.D." (PDF). United States Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved January 21, 2011.