Pat is a Graduate of the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. His senior year at the Academy, he was awarded the General Malham Wakim Character Award for “going above and beyond the call of duty, and exhibiting courageous moral integrity while at the Academy”.

Pat lives his life by the oath he took his first year at the Air Force Academy.

“We Will Not Lie, Steal, or Cheat, Nor Tolerate Among Us Anyone Who Does."

This code still first governed his life as a Military Officer and now it guides him in his Public Service.

After returning from a tour of duty in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Pat led a project here in Hancock County.

The B-52 Veterans Memorial in Chester was unveiled on July 4^th, 2006 and now honors all local veterans who answered the nation’s call of duty.

This picture of Pat and Lou Holtz was taken shortly after Pat delivered a speech at his deceased father’s induction into the Lou Holtz Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame, in June of 2000. 

Pat’s father --- Col Mark McGeehan--- was also a native of Hancock County and was killed in the line of duty, protecting the men under his command from a rogue and dangerous pilot.

At the age of 15, Pat witnessed the explosion of his father’s aircraft and the event forged him into the leader he is today.