475:. In April 1992, he was invited to join the New England Digital Corporation in Lebanon, NH, where he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer through 1994. He co-founded IT start-up eVelocity Corporation at the Pease Tradeport, NH, in 1999, purchasing land from the transitioned former Pease Air Force Base, and served as Chairman until the sale of the company in 2004. Kinnear published a biography with Jim Carter in 2014. He was the Chairman of KCA LLC management consulting company until his death in August 2015.
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Corporation, where he was integral to the Company's strategic decision to pursue standardized PC architecture, which was largely responsible for the development of modern plug & play technology in the PC industry. In addition, he
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Kinnear played football for the
University of Florida and Florida State University, and he was an avid tennis player. After retiring from the Navy, Admiral Kinnear embraced a very active civilian life. In October, 1982, he joined Grumman Aerospace Corporation as a corporate vice president in its
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from July, 1956 through July, 1958. While at GWU, he also earned a Master of Arts degree in
Personnel Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Science and Mathematics, both awarded in 1957. During this period, Kinnear was assigned to special duty in Warrenton, VA. He then served two
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Washington, D.C. office, where he was specifically responsible for international corporate relations, and was later made
Corporate Senior Vice President. From 1982 to 1994, he served as Chairman of the Board of The Retired Officers' Association () in Washington, D. C. (Now
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Aviator in August, 1948. He was commissioned as Ensign in December, 1948. He flew several squadron tours before being sent to the
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attack aircraft, which was at sea for first time and in its combat debut. He flew the first A-7 combat strike against enemy military positions in Hanoi. During this time he also few the
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and provided contingency operations against North Korea for the National Command Authority.
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Distinguished Flying Cross w/ 3 gold stars and Combat "V"
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