Perry McCoy Smith Jr. (born December 16, 1934,[2] in West Point, N.Y.)[3] is a retired United States Air Force major general.

He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA) following high school.

[8] Smith is a retired major general who served for 30 years in the United States Air Force.

[citation needed] Smith currently serves as president emeritus of the board of trustees for the Augusta Museum of History.

[16] A good deal of Smith's time is spent teaching and mentoring corporate executives, MBA scholars, government and military leaders, church groups and non-profit organizations.

Topics Smith covers include leadership, ethics, strategic planning, heroism, innovation and dealing with the media.

In 1968, Smith's dissertation, Wartime Planning for Postwar Contingencies: The Army Air Force Example, 1943-1956, earned the Helen Dwight Reid award from the American Political Science Association.

[19] The parkway will provide access to a new industrial park which will be in close proximity to the Augusta Regional Airport.

Smith was presented with the George Barrett Award in recognition of his leadership by the Augusta Kiwanis Club.

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