LT. COLONEL PAUL M. SEARLE
Lieutenant Colonel Paul M. Searle was the professor of military science at Brigham Young Univerisity from June 1991–June 1993. He retired from active duty in August 1993.Searle was commissioned in 1968, through officer candidate school in the Adjutant General Corps. He holds both a B.A. in dramatics and a master's degree in production television from BYU.
His military schooling includes Infantry and Amor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, and personnel management and military personnel officer training. He is a 1983 graduate of Command and General Staff College.
During his twenty-five years of active service, he served in a variety of command assignments, including one year as combat infantryman in Vietnam, three years in Germany, and fourteen years in adjutant general duty positions, including branch chief of the U.S. Army Military Personnel Center (US Total Army Personnel) from 1983–1987, adjutant general, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, from 1987–88, and the director of personnel and community activities in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, from 1988–1991.
Searle has received numerous awards and decorations, including the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service (four OLC), Army Commendation Medal (two OLC), Good Conduct Medal, foreign awards and decorations, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. He was decorated for service in Vietnam.
After retiring from active duty, Searle became a co-owner of Round Top, Inc. (1993–1995). In 1993 he also became owner of Craft Sto L.L., a national distributor for Nutra-Biostimulants. He also serves as vice president of marketing for Utah Valley Farms Inc., a producer of Nutra-Biostimulants.
Searle and his wife Nancy are the pare
nts of six children: Dorey is married with five children; Carl is married; Airaminta is married with two children; David is married with two children; Benjamin; and Sean Paul. Searle and Nancy live in Vernal, Utah.
