| RADM Richard F. Barror is the Chief Engineer of the U.S.
Public Health Service (PHS) and a Senior Advisor, Office of the
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration. As Chief Engineer Officer,
RADM Barror is responsible for providing leadership and coordination of
PHS engineer and architect professional affairs for the Office of the
Surgeon General. RADM Barror received a Bachelor of Science degree in
Engineering from Loyola University in 1974 and a Master of Science
degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University in 1975. In 1984 he
received a Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis in
Environmental Engineering. He is a licensed Civil Engineer in
California, and was board certified by the American Academy of
Environmental Engineers in 1987. Johns Hopkins University awarded him a
Master of Public Health degree in 1994. RADM Barror is also a 1998
graduate of the Federal Executive Institute’s Program, “Leadership for a
Democratic Society.”
Commissioned in 1975 and assigned to the Indian Health Service (IHS)
in Alaska, he was responsible for the design and construction of several
water and wastewater projects for Alaska Native villages around the
State. In 1981, he transferred to the IHS Area Office in Sacramento as a
design engineer. He became the Sacramento District Engineer in 1983,
responsible for staff in two field offices that provided engineering
services for more than 40 tribes, many with large housing construction
projects funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
RADM Barror transferred to IHS headquarters in Rockville in 1985 as
the Deputy Chief of IHS’ Sanitation Facilities Construction (SFC)
Program. At the time, this nationwide program managed more than 400
active construction projects totaling over $100 million annually. In
1993, he became the national Director of the IHS SFC Program.
From 1998 through 2000, RADM Barror was the Acting Director of the
Office of Environmental Health and Engineering. In this position, he
directed, at the headquarters level, all the IHS engineering and
environmental health programs, which included the SFC Program, and the
construction, maintenance, repair and clinical engineering for IHS and
tribally operated hospitals and staff quarters (49 hospitals, 197 health
clinics). These environmental health and engineering programs had
combined annual appropriations of over $300 million, and included staff
totaling approximately 1,500 people, including 340 engineers and 200
sanitarians, of which approximately 400 were commissioned officers.
In 2000, RADM Barror was selected by Surgeon General David Satcher to
be the Chief of Staff, Office of the Surgeon General (OSG). In this
position, he was responsible for the day-to-day operation and
supervision of the staff of the OSG. He served as a principal advisor to
the Surgeon General and Deputy Surgeon General on health and PHS
Commissioned Corps issues. He coordinated OSG activities with the Office
of the Secretary, Federal agencies, Chief Professional Officers,
Department of Defense, and non-government entities such as the
Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service (COA),
the Reserve Officers Association (ROA), and the Association of Military
Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS).
Since 2003, RADM Barror has been a Senior Advisor in the Office of
the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration. In the fall of 2005,
RADM Barror also served as Executive Officer for the Secretary’s
Emergency Response Team (SERT) in Louisiana for the 4 weeks immediately
after Hurricane Katrina and a month later returned to serve 3 more weeks
as the SERT commander.
RADM Barror is a member of several professional organizations
including the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, American
Society of Civil Engineers, Society of American Military Engineers,
AMSUS, COA, and ROA. He is a past Chair, Board of Directors, for the COA.
Currently he is on the Board of Managers for AMSUS.
His major awards include the PHS Distinguished Service Medal, three
PHS Surgeon General Exemplary Service Medals, a PHS Outstanding Service
Medal, two PHS Commendation Medals, two PHS Achievement Medals, and two
PHS Citation Medals. He has also received numerous unit and service
awards including the National Emergency Preparedness Award and the
Hazardous Duty ribbon.
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