Fondly Remembering Dr. Richard Jeffrey
By Fonda Bock, USAREC, Public Affairs Office
July 31, 2014
Known among his peers for his quiet demeanor, commitment to values and for his care and mentorship of other professionals, Army Recruiting Command’s Deputy Command Psychologist Dr. Richard Jeffrey passed away early Saturday morning of a heart attack. He was only 55.
A member of our USAREC team and family since October 2011, Jeffrey was well suited for the job due to being well versed in selection assessment in military and civilian settings and in military psychology, according to former Command Psychologist Lt. Col. Ingrid Lim. She said he was also a great colleague and a good friend.
“He used his expertise to help shape the evolution of the Office of the Command Psychologist (OCP) and to support Soldiers in a geographically dispersed
environment,” said Lim. “One of his primary duties was to help establish clinical practice guidelines for our operating environment and to determine what
we could do better to support Soldiers and commanders. As our senior psychologist he served as a consultant to all USAREC psychologists, as well as,
a consultant to MEDCOM and FORSCOM psychologists for suitability assessment of recruiter candidates. He was also our "techie" who helped establish our format
for tracking workload.”
Command Psychologist Lt. Col. Craig Jenkins, who’s been with USAREC only a month, said “Even though I hadn’t worked with Dr. Jeffrey long, I can see the tremendous impact he had on the functioning of this office. He was the anchor man on the clinical front. He provided direct consultations to brigades, battalions,
companies and individuals.”
Friends say Jeffrey was an avid Pittsburgh Pirates fan, a history buff with a particular interest in pre-civil war flags, a rabid Star Wars fan, a hunter and a bow
enthusiast who recently began making his own arrows. But his most cherished achievements were his marriage to his wife Terri and his two children Robin and Megan.
Richard will be greatly missed.
By Fonda Bock, USAREC, Public Affairs Office
July 31, 2014
Known among his peers for his quiet demeanor, commitment to values and for his care and mentorship of other professionals, Army Recruiting Command’s Deputy Command Psychologist Dr. Richard Jeffrey passed away early Saturday morning of a heart attack. He was only 55.
A member of our USAREC team and family since October 2011, Jeffrey was well suited for the job due to being well versed in selection assessment in military and civilian settings and in military psychology, according to former Command Psychologist Lt. Col. Ingrid Lim. She said he was also a great colleague and a good friend.
“He used his expertise to help shape the evolution of the Office of the Command Psychologist (OCP) and to support Soldiers in a geographically dispersed
environment,” said Lim. “One of his primary duties was to help establish clinical practice guidelines for our operating environment and to determine what
we could do better to support Soldiers and commanders. As our senior psychologist he served as a consultant to all USAREC psychologists, as well as,
a consultant to MEDCOM and FORSCOM psychologists for suitability assessment of recruiter candidates. He was also our "techie" who helped establish our format
for tracking workload.”
Command Psychologist Lt. Col. Craig Jenkins, who’s been with USAREC only a month, said “Even though I hadn’t worked with Dr. Jeffrey long, I can see the tremendous impact he had on the functioning of this office. He was the anchor man on the clinical front. He provided direct consultations to brigades, battalions,
companies and individuals.”
Friends say Jeffrey was an avid Pittsburgh Pirates fan, a history buff with a particular interest in pre-civil war flags, a rabid Star Wars fan, a hunter and a bow
enthusiast who recently began making his own arrows. But his most cherished achievements were his marriage to his wife Terri and his two children Robin and Megan.
Richard will be greatly missed.
