2nd Air Force training manager wins Tulane award Published May 27, 2008 By Susan Griggs Keesler News Staff KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISS. -- A 2nd Air Force training manager is a recipient of the Tulane 34 Award from Tulane University. Master Sgt. Ronald Warr, who graduated May 17 with a bachelor's degree in digital art with a minor in media art, was one of 34 Tulane graduates from Tulane's 11 schools and colleges to receive the honor. Named for the year in which the university was founded, 1834, the award recognizes students for exemplary leadership, service and academic excellence. Sergeant Warr maintained a 3.97 grade point average based on a 4.0 scale. He began his Tulane studies in 2004 with classes both at the main campus in New Orleans and the Tulane University College Biloxi campus. A dean's list scholar, Sergeant Warr is a member of Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society, Mississippi Campus Honor Board and Gideons International and received the Elmo and Margrett Allen Waltzer scholarship in 2006. At 2nd Air Force, Sergeant Warr provides oversight and guidance for technical training in more than 600 different Air Force specialties. As liaison to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, he's been responsible for more than 65 percent of all Air Force technical training affecting more than 77,000 students annually. Sergeant Warr was accountable for site activation and stand-up of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter maintenance training schoolhouse, the F-22 Raptor maintenance training program, explosive ordnance disposal, Air Force medical training and advanced electronics and avionics training. At Keesler, he's involved with the Air Force Sergeants Association and Top III. He participated in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life and assisted with the Katrina Homeowner Grant Program. Sergeant Warr, who hails from Atlanta, has been in the Air Force for 23 years. He's been stationed at Keesler for 15 years -- three in the 338th Training Squadron, eight in the 81st Training Support Squadron and four at 2nd Air Force, where he was a courseware developer before assuming his current position.