Fred Benson
Fred Benson retired as an Army full Colonel having served combat command tours in Vietnam and Korea, and Pentagon assignments in the offices of the Army Chief of Staff, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of Defense. Benson was selected as a White House fellow in 1973 and subsequently served as a member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He served as Vice President for National and International Affairs for the Weyerhaeuser Company. served for ten years as a Board Trustee for the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA), and was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II for his work on international trade relations. Locally, he has served on the Boards of the Friends of Acadia and the Acadia Senior College and has delivered presentations on international affairs and military matters to Senior College, College of the Atlantic, and the University of Maine classes.