Crocker Appointed Assistant Professor of Air Force Science at Clarkson University
Capt. Jonathan Crocker has been appointed assistant professor of air force science at Clarkson University.
He holds both a bachelor of science degree in finance and economics and an MBA from the University of Wyoming.
His military education includes basic and advanced individual training, primary leadership development courses, an aircraft maintenance officer course and squadron officer school.
Crocker was commissioned through the Air Force Academy of Military Sciences in 2011 and was assigned as a reserve officer in the 153rd Maintenance Squadron with the Wyoming Air National Guard (WYANG). Prior to this assignment, he served in active duty for the Army before joining the WYANG in 2006 and working as a paralegal while he completed his degrees at the University of Wyoming. In his civilian capacity, he is a large bank risk specialist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
His deployments include 2004 to Samara Iraq and 2009 to Baghdad Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as 2017 to Al Udeid AB in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Freedom’s Sentinel as the 379th EMXS Operations Officer.
His awards and decorations include the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Achievement Award with two oak leaf clusters, the Valorous Unit Award and the Meritorious Unit Award.
Clarkson University educates the leaders of the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as an owner, CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. With its main campus located in Potsdam, New York, and additional graduate program and research facilities in the Capital Region and Beacon, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university with signature areas of academic excellence and research directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through more than 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, education, sciences and the health professions, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo and connect discovery and innovation with enterprise.