Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser named Distinguished Minnesotan by Bemidji State University
1976 Bemidji State grad is currently senior military assistant to U.S. Secretary of DefenseLt. General Thomas Waldhauser, currently senior military assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and a 1976 graduate of Bemidji State University, has been named the 2013 recipient of Bemidji State’s Distinguished Minnesotan award. First presented by Bemidji State in 1981, the Distinguished Minnesotan Award acknowledges the contributions of current or former residents of the state who have performed exemplary service to the people of Minnesota or the United States. The Distinguished Minnesotan