• Rank: LtCol
• Branch: Marine Corps
• Status: Retired
• University: University of Geneva
• Language School: Defense Language Institute
• Language: French

• Assignments:
• 1959 : Student, Basic Course, US Marine Corps School, Quantico, VA
• 1960 - 1962 : Platoon Commander, Honest John, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
• 1963 - 1964 : Gunnery Instructor, Army Artillery and Missile School, Ft Sill, OK
• 1964 - 1965 : Battery Commander, 3rd Marine Division, RVN
• 1965 - 1967 : Olmsted Scholar Program - Geneva, Switzerland
• 1967 - 1968 : Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, RVN
• 1968 - 1971 : Aide to Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs; Action Officer, Joint Planning Group, HQ, US Marine Corps, Washington, DC
• 1971 - 1972 : White House Fellow, Executive Assistant to the Counselor to the President for Congressional Relations, Washington, DC
• 1973 - 1975 : Military Assistant to Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Washington, DC
• 1975 - 1977 : Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Washington, DC
• 1977 - 1978 : Student, National War College, Ft McNair, Washington, DC
• 1978 - 1979 : 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan
• 1979 - 1980 : Committee on Armed Services, US Senate, Washington, DC
• 1981 - 1982 : Counselor of the Department of State, Washington, DC
• 1982 - 1983 : Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the White House
• 1983 : The President’s Special Representative to the Middle East
• 1983 - 1986 : Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the White House
• 1986 : Retired
• 1986 - 1988 : Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
• 1988 - 1996 : Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, McFarlane Associates, Washington, DC
• 1996 - 2000 : Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Global Energy Investors LLC, Washington, DC
• 2001 - 2005 : Chairman, McFarlane Associates, Inc., Washington, DC
• 2005 - 2012 : Chairman, Energy and Communications Solutions LLC, Washington, DC
• 2012 - Present : Co-Founder, US Energy Security Council, Washington, DC
• Education
• 1959 : BS - US Naval Academy