Ron Cuff

Ron Cuff PC 70 attended Idaho on an ROTC scholarship. He received his BS in business from U of I and an MBA from the University of Laverne while at the Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, CA. He was commissioned upon graduation from Idaho.

Ron served 28 years as a U.S. Naval Aviator, earning the designation of Aircraft Commander on four Navy aircraft, logging 120 arrested landings on seven aircraft carriers, and serving as a test pilot at the Pacific Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, CA. His career included roles as a primary flight instructor, a C-2 Greyhound pilot delivering personnel across the Western Pacific, and a P-3 Orion mission commander testing the Harpoon and Tomahawk weapons systems. He was stationed on the USS Midway in the Gulf of Oman when the American embassy staff in Iran were taken captive in 1979. He was awoken at 2 am twice to preflight as part of a rescue mission, but both missions were called off. He retired in 2002 as a Commander O-5, Senior Officer and has since dedicated his life to drug prevention in teenagers.