George W. Irving III

Dr. George W. Irving III is Vice President, Scientific and Technical Services at Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI) where he has held this position since 1996 directing CMI’s Government Services Division. He performs all Business Development functions and serves as the Senior Program Manager for all CMI government operations that deliver solutions in such critical areas as bioinformatics applications, biowarfare (BW) agent studies, combat casualty care, behavioral modeling and analysis, non-lethal weapons studies and development of advanced pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and biological products for national defense.

Retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of Colonel after 30 years active duty, Dr. Irving served as a public health officer at three air force bases to include one in South East Asia. He completed a two-year residency in Laboratory Animal Medicine at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX, and Texas A&M University.

Dr. Irving’s career includes assignments at the USAF School of Aerospace medicine, Brooks AFB, TX; the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington, D.C; the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Bolling AFB, as Program Manager and Director of Life Sciences; the USAF Liaison Officer to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Fort Detrick, MD; and the Director, Medical Chemical Defense Research Program, USAMRDC. He Directed the Defense Nuclear Agency’s Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI), at the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD and completed his USAF career as the Vice Commander, Human Systems Center, Brooks AFB, TX.

Dr. Irving is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association. He is a Level III certified Acquisition Program Manager. His publications include 22 journal articles or monographs and over 60 technical reports. Dr. Irving serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Brooks Aerospace Foundation, the former operator of the Challenger Learning Center of San Antonio.

His military honors include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal and Army Commendation Medal. He is an honorary member of the U.S. Army Medical Department’s Order of Military Medical Merit. He is a Distinguished Alumnus from the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1988 he received the James A. McCallam Award for outstanding accomplishments in the field of veterinary medicine from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.

Dr. Irving received a BS degree from the University of Maryland, a D.V.M. from Purdue University and an M.S. degree from Texas A&M University.