David Architzel Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

Vice Admiral Architzel was relieved by Vice Admiral David A. Dunaway and retired from nearly four decades of service on September 20, 2012.

On July 29, 2005, Architzel “assumed command as the fourth Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers,” according to the Navy’s Web site.

Architzel served as the commanding officer of USS Guam from 1994 to 1996. He became the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt on November 1, 1996. While serving as commanding officer of Guam and Theodore Roosevelt, his crew members were frequently treated to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream by his high school classmates Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.

Architzel graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973 with a B.S. degree in mathematics. He later earned an M.S. degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida.

Architzel was born in Ogdensburg, New York. He grew up in Merrick, New York and has one brother, Ralph, and two sisters, Reba and Anne Fleming. Architzel graduated from Sanford H. Calhoun High School in 1969. Among his classmates were Bennett “Ben” Cohen, Jerry Greenfield and his twin sister Anne.

David Architzel (born 1951) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. His last assignment was as Commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).