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Generals & Flag Officers of Virginia Tech
Compiled by LTC John A. Coulter '76 and Tamara KennellyVirginia Tech with over a 125-year military tradition has 90 generals and admirals among its alumni. These include two four star Generals, 9 Lieutenant Generals, 28 Major Generals, 43 Brigadier Generals, and 9 Rear Admirals. Fifty-two have been from the Army, 29 from the Air Force, 6 from the Navy, 2 from the Coast Guard, and one from the Marine Corps. With the addition of Navy/Marine ROTC in 1983 at Virginia Tech, the naval service expects a greater representation over the next 125 years. The class with the greatest number of generals is the class of 1941.
Class Name Service 1883 Brigadier General Edward Anderson U.S. Army 1892 Brigadier General George H. Jamerson U.S. Army 1897 Brigadier General Richard H. Jordan U.S. Army 1897 Rear Admiral William J. Wheeler U.S. Coast Guard 1904 Brigadier General Harry C. Lewis U.S. Army 1907 Brigadier General John B. Maynard U.S. Army 1907 Brigadier General Walter P. Boatwright U.S. Army 1910 Major General Harry B. Vaughan, Jr. U.S. Army 1911 Brigadier General Hugh G. Milton U.S. Army 1912 Major General William S. Gravely U.S. Air Force 1912 Major General Robert C. Macon U.S. Army 1912 Major General Guy B. Denit U.S. Army 1912 Major General Oliver P. Echols U.S. Air Force 1913 Major General Albert C. Smith U.S. Army 1914 Lieutenant General Lewis A. Pick U.S. Army 1915 Major General James F. Powell U.S. Air Force 1916 Brigadier General William C. Kabrrich U.S. Army 1916 Rear Admiral Norborne L. Rawlings U.S. Navy 1916 Major General Cecil R. Moore U.S. Army 1917 Brigadier General Frank Camm U.S. Army 1918 Brigadier General William H. Ford U.S. Army 1920 Major General William H. Middleswart U.S. Army 1923 Brigadier General Louis H. Ginn, Jr. U.S. Army 1924 Brigadier General John P. Willey U.S. Army 1925 Major General Bertram A. Holtzworth U.S. Army 1926 Brigadier General Robert B. Skinner U.S. Army 1928 Brigadier General Frederick E. Calhoun U.S. Air Force 1929 Brigadier General Harry S. Beasley U.S. Army Reserve 1929 Brigadier General Charles E. Rust U.S. Army 1929 Rear Admiral Ernest C. Holzworth U.S. Navy 1930 Major General William D. Price U.S.A.F. Reserve 1931 Rear Admiral James A. Alger U.S. Coast Guard 1932 Brigadier General Douglas E. Williams U.S. Air Force 1933 Brigadier General Stephen D. McElroy U.S. Air Force 1934 Brigadier General William W. Brock, Jr. U.S. Air Force 1934 Major General William Thomas Rice U.S. Army Reserve 1934 Major General William E. Eubank, Jr. U.S. Air Force 1938 Brigadier General William E. Reynolds U.S. Army Reserve 1938 Major General Milton A. Pilcher U.S. Army Reserve 1939 Brigadier General Marvin Theron Ball VA. National Guard 1940 Brigadier General George D. Eastes VA. National Guard 1940 Major General Albert Ross Morris, Jr. VA. National Guard 1940 Lieutenant General Wallace H. Robinson U.S. Marine Corps 1941 Major General Henry B. Kucheman Jr. U.S. Air Force 1941 Brigadier General Hugh A. Richeson U.S. Army 1941 Brigadier General George W. Dickerson U.S. Army 1941 Major General William S. Chairsell U.S. Air Force 1941 Lieutenant General John H. Elder, Jr. U.S. Army 1942 Lieutenant General Joseph G. Wilson U.S. Air Force 1943 Brigadier General Willard P. Milby, Jr. U.S. Army Reserve 1943 Lieutenant General Howard H. Cooksey U.S. Army 1944 Brigadier General John D. Lewis U.S. Army 1944 Rear Admiral Julian S. Lake U.S. Navy 1945 Lieutenant General Ranald T. Adams, Jr. U.S. Air Force 1946 Brigadier General Frank J. Parrish U.S.A.F. Reserve 1948 Brigadier General Robert F. Titus U.S. Air Force 1948 Brigadier General William J. Andrews U.S. Army 1949 Major General H.C. Smyth, Jr. Texas, N.G. 1950 Brigadier General John R. Budner U.S. Air Force 1950 Major General Archie S. Cannon, Jr. U.S. Army 1951 Major General Allison G. Glover U.S. Air Force 1951 Lieutenant General Walter D. Druen U.S. Air Force 1952 Brigadier General Gerald Childress U.S. Army 1952 Major General George F. Meehaghan S.C. Militia 1952 Lieutenant General Robert L. Moore U.S. Army 1953 Major General John P. Henderson, Jr. U.S. Army Reserve 1954 Brigadier General William Parke Lemmond U.S. Army 1956 Major General Tommy T. Thompson VA National Guard 1956 Rear Admiral Alvin S. Newman U.S. Navy 1956 General Thomas C. Richards U.S. Air Force 1958 Brigadier General William L. Hiner U.S. Air Force 1961 Major General Lester P. Brown, Jr. U.S. Air Force 1962 Major General Ralph H. Oates U.S. Air Force 1962 Rear Admiral Arthur Clark U.S. Navy 1963 Brigadier General Stanley O. Smith U.S. Air Force 1964 Brigadier General Robert G. Jenkins U.S. Air Force 1966 Brigadier General David L. Young U.S. Air Force 1967 Brigadier General Gary P. Morgan Colorado Air N.G. 1967 Brigadier Lloyd Scott VA National Guard 1967 Brigadier General Leon A. Wilson, Jr. U.S. Air Force 1968 Major General Edward R. Ellis U.S. Air Force 1969 Brigadier General William F. Engle U.S. Army 1969 Lieutenant General Joseph R. Inge U.S. Army 1969 General Lance L. Smith U.S. Air Force 1969 Major General Claude A. Williams VA National Guard 1970 Lieutenant General William M. Boykin U.S. Army 1970 Major General Dan Dick U.S. Air Force 1971 Major General Peter C. Franklin U.S. Army 1972 Major General James E. Archer U.S. Army 1973 Rear Admiral Annette C. Brown U.S. Navy 1976 Major General Frank R. Faykes U.S. Air Force 1976 Brigadier General William P. Ard U.S. Air Force
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