Guantanamo Bay campus welcomes new Director Lou Giamelle

Columbia College-Guantanamo Bay

May 29, 2013

Columbia College-Guantanamo Bay is excited to welcome a new campus director, Louis Giamelle. Lou received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Fordham University in New York City. He joined the United States Air Force as an Arabic linguist before being commissioned through the USAF Officers Training School. He completed navigator training at Mather Air Force Base, and then completed assignments in North Carolina, Nebraska and Shemya Island. Following a tour at Osan Air Base in Korea, he completed his military career as a staff planner at United States Strategic Command Headquarters at Offutt Air Force base in Nebraska.

His wife teaches Spanish and social studies with the Department of Defense school system. The two moved to Guantanamo Bay in the summer of 2012 and love it!Please be sure to stop by the campus office to say hello to Lou. He is very interested in getting to know each of the Guantanamo Bay students. Also be sure to check out his letter on the front page of the June 2013 newsletter. Welcome, Lou!