100 Notable alumni of
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
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The Citadel Military College of South Carolina is 999th in the world, 364th in North America, and 342nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Citadel Military College of South Carolina sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nancy Mace
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- In 1999 graduated with Bachelor of Science in business administration
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nancy Ruth Mace is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served in the South Carolina General Assembly from 2018 to 2020. The congressional district she represents comprises a six-county area in the southern portion of the state.
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Robert Jordan
- Occupations
- writerscience fiction writernovelistmilitary officer
- Biography
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James Oliver Rigney Jr., known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known as the author of The Wheel of Time series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. The series is among the highest selling book series of all time, with 90 million copies sold. In his earlier career he became one of several writers to produce original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are considered by fans to be some of the best of the non-Robert E. Howard efforts. Robert Jordan was the most well known of several pen names he used, adopting different monikers for different genres.
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Pat Conroy
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriternovelistprose writerteacher
- Biography
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Donald Patrick Conroy was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books The Water Is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th-century American Southern literature.
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Mike Clevinger
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Michael Anthony Clevinger is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, and Chicago White Sox. Clevinger made his MLB debut in 2016.
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Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Kenneth Franklin McKenzie Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 14th commander of the United States Central Command from March 28, 2019 to April 1, 2022. He served as Director of the Joint Staff from July 5, 2017 after having previously served for two years as Director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5) on the Joint Staff.
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Fritz Hollings
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- In 1942 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing Charleston County, South Carolina from 1949 to 1954, the 77th lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959, the 106th governor of South Carolina from 1959 to 1963, and a member of the United States Senate from 1966 to 2005. He served alongside Democrat-turned-Republican U.S. Senate member Strom Thurmond for 36 years, making them the longest-serving duo in U.S. Senate history. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former U.S. senator and the second-oldest living former American governor. As of 2026, he is the last Democrat to hold or win a U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina.
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Glenn M. Walters
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Glenn Michael Walters is a retired United States Marine Corps General, who served as the 34th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2016 to 2018. He was appointed as the 20th President of his alma mater, The Citadel, on April 12, 2018.
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Randolph Bresnik
- Occupations
- fighter pilotmilitary officerastronaut
- Biography
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Randolph James "Komrade" Bresnik is a retired officer in the United States Marine Corps and an active NASA astronaut. A Marine Aviator by trade, Bresnik was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 19 in May 2004. He first launched to space on STS-129, then served as flight engineer for Expedition 52, and as ISS commander for Expedition 53.
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Chris Lemonis
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Christopher Michael Lemonis is an American college baseball coach who most recently was the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team.
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Johnson Hagood
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Johnson Hagood was a Confederate-American planter, soldier and military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general in the state militia and regular Confederate Army in 1862.
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Francis M. Beaudette
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Francis Michel Beaudette is a retired United States Army officer who served as the commanding general of the United States Army Special Operations Command from 2018 to 2021.
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Evander M. Law
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Evander McIver Law was an author, teacher, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
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Joseph P. Riley, Jr
- Occupations
- politicianmayor
- Biography
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Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. is an American politician who served as the 60th mayor of Charleston, South Carolina from 1975 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1968 to 1974 and was the 44th President of the United States Conference of Mayors from 1986 to 1987. Riley's 40 years as mayor were the longest in South Carolina history at the time of his retirement and are the longest in Charleston's history.
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J. Yancey McGill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Yancey McGill is an American politician from South Carolina. He was a member of the state Senate from 1989 to 2014. He served as the 90th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from June 2014 to January 2015. He was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Carolina, until the appointment of Brian J. Gaines as Comptroller General by Governor Henry McMaster in 2023.
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Steve Pettit
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Stephen Davis Pettit, Sr. is an American Christian evangelist who served as the fifth president of Bob Jones University from 2014 to 2023.
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James B. Vaught
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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James Benjamin Vaught was a United States Army Lieutenant General who fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In South Korea he served as a company commander in the 24th Infantry Division. In 1967, in South Vietnam, on his first tour he served as the commanding officer of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry. He also played a major role in numerous United States Special Forces operations. He was the overall commander of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed rescue mission of U.S. hostages in Iran in 1980.
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Micah Jenkins
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Micah Jenkins was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded by friendly fire at the Battle of the Wilderness.
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Steve Buyer
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- In 1980 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Stephen Earle Buyer is an American former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 4th congressional district, and previously the 5th district, from 1993 until 2011. In Congress, Buyer served as one of the House managers (prosecutors) in the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999. He also chaired the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs from 2005 to 2007.
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Kenneth Bowra
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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Kenneth Rhodes Bowra is a retired major general who served in the US Army from 1970 to 2003. Bowra saw service with US special forces in the Vietnam War and Cambodian Civil War and has worked with the Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Special Operations Command. He later fought in the US Invasion of Grenada and in the Somali Civil War and First Gulf War. In 1998 he was given command of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and in 2000 was deputy commander of NATO's Kosovo Force. Retiring in 2003 he is now a diplomat with the US State Department in Saudi Arabia.
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Michael Ferriter
- Biography
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Michael Ferriter is an American retired United States Army Lieutenant General. He served as commanding general of the United States Army Installation Management Command/U.S. Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management from 2011 until 2014. During his career he has participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, and served three tours of duty in Iraq. On June 19, 2018, he was named president and CEO of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio.
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Thomas D. Howie
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Major Thomas Dry Howie was a United States Army infantry officer and battalion commander in the 29th Infantry Division who was killed in action during the Battle of Normandy in World War II while leading his unit in an effort to capture the strategic French town of Saint-Lô. He became immortalized as "The Major of St. Lo".
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John C. West
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John Carl West Sr. was a U.S. Democratic Party politician who served as the 109th Governor of South Carolina from 1971 to 1975. He served as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1977 to 1981.
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Gresham Barrett
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executive
- Biography
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James Gresham Barrett is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was a candidate for its nomination for Governor of South Carolina in the 2010 election. A resident of Westminster, South Carolina, the district he represented runs along the Savannah River in the northwestern part of the state.
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Jack B. Farris
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Jack Brodie Farris was a United States Army lieutenant general who commanded the military ground forces during Operation Urgent Fury, the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983; at the time of his retirement in 1991 he was deputy commander of the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii.
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Tim Valentine
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Itimous Thaddeus "Tim" Valentine Jr. was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1983 to 1995.
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John W. Rosa
- Occupations
- American football playermilitary officer
- Biography
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John William Rosa Jr. is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General who served as President of his alma mater The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina from 2006 to 2018. While on active duty, Rosa also served as the sixteenth Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy.
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Edwin A. Pollock
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Edwin Allen Pollock was a United States Marine Corps General and a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II and Korea; he commanded both the 1st and 2d Marine Divisions and is the only man to have served as commanding general of both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleet Marine Force. He had been advanced to the rank of general upon retirement by reason of having been specially commended in combat.
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William Northrop
- Years
- 1944-2021 (aged 77)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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William Warren "Will" Northrop was an American-born military historian, investigator and writer. He was best known for the controversy regarding his claims of military and combat service in the Vietnam War, and prior to that for his role in the so-called "Brokers of Death" arms case, a precursor to the Iran–Contra scandal in 1986. He was a writer and wrote articles over the years for such diverse venues as Penthouse, New Dimensions magazine, and The Jerusalem Post. He also wrote several articles in Recall, the magazine of the North Carolina Military Historical Society, mostly battle analyses.
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Charles E. Daniel
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Ezra Daniel was a United States senator from South Carolina and founder of Daniel International Corp.
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George Bell Timmerman
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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George Bell Timmerman Jr. was an American politician and World War II veteran who served as the 105th governor of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the state's 76th lieutenant governor from 1947 to 1955.
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Bernard L. Austin
- Occupations
- submarinermilitary officer
- Biography
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Bernard Lige Austin was a Vice Admiral of the United States Navy. His career included service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War and command of submarines and surface ship forces, during which he became a distinguished combat commander of destroyers. He also commanded the United States Second Fleet, held numerous diplomatic, educational, and administrative staff positions, and a served a lengthy tour of duty as President of the Naval War College.
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Ryan Aument
- Years
- 1976-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ryan P. Aument is an American politician and former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He represented the 36th district from 2015 to 2024, when he resigned to become State Director for U.S. Senator Dave McCormick. Prior to his election to the State Senate in 2014, he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, for the 41st District, which includes portions of Lancaster County. Throughout his political career, Aument was involved in various legislative initiatives, including education reform, and has been a firm opponent of abortion and LGBT rights.
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James Lide Coker
- Years
- 1837-1918 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Major James Lide Coker was a businessman, merchant, industrialist, Christian philanthropist, and Civil War veteran, and the founder of Sonoco Products Company and Coker University.
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Morris Robinson
- Occupations
- actorsingermusician
- Biography
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Morris DeRhon Robinson is an American bass opera singer and former All-American college football player who has performed both with the Metropolitan Opera and at Carnegie Hall in New York City, at the Seattle Opera, at La Scala in Milan, Italy, at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and in many other opera houses throughout the United States and internationally. He has also served as an artistic advisor to the Cincinnati Opera, artist-in-residence for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Resident Artist at Harvard University. He was the first African-American artist to sign with a major classical record label.
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William H. Brandenburg
- Years
- 1951-2024 (aged 73)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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William H. Brandenburg Jr. was a major general in the United States Army. He last served as deputy commanding general, U.S. Army, Pacific, August 8, 2003. Prior to his last assignment, he was deputy commanding general for training and readiness, I Corps and Fort Lewis. From November 29, 2004, until December 1, 2005, he deployed to Iraq as deputy commanding general (detainee operations) and commanding general, Task Force 134.
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Claudius E. Watts III
- Biography
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Claudius Elmer "Bud" Watts III was a United States Air Force lieutenant general and past president of The Citadel having served from 1989 to 1996. Watts Barracks is named in his honor.
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William W. Hartzog
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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William White Hartzog was a United States Army General whose commands during his 35-year career include the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, the 1st Infantry Division, and United States Army South. He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Tripp Self
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Tilman Eugene "Tripp" Self III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and a former Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
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William M. Steele
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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William Michael Steele is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who commanded major organizations including U.S. Army, Pacific, the Combined Arms Center and the 82d Airborne Division. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he graduated from The Citadel in 1967 and earned a Master of Arts in management from Webster University in St. Louis. His military education includes the National War College.
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Frank Libutti
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Frank Libutti is a retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General who also served as the head of the New York City Police Department's Counter Terrorism Bureau, Deputy Police Commissioner, and oversaw the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence operations as Undersecretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Libutti's military career included time spent in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Kenya and Somalia among assignments within the United States during which he oversaw more than 80,000 Marines.
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Kenny Carter
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Kenneth Carter is a former head football coach of Delaware State University, in Dover, Delaware. Carter was formally announced as the head coach of the Hornets on January 21, 2015, and succeeded Kermit Blount at the position. Carter's three-year contract was not renewed in 2017.
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David Wilson
- Biography
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David Wilson was a United States Army lieutenant general who final position was serving as the deputy chief of staff for installations of the U.S. Army from September 2024 to November 2025. Before that he served as the commanding general of the United States Army Sustainment Command from 2022 to 2024. He previously served as the Commanding General of 8th Theater Sustainment Command at Fort Shafter, Hawaii from 2020 to 2022. He previously served as the Director J/U-4, United States Forces Korea/United Nations Command/Deputy Director, C4 Combined Forces Command located in Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea and as the 40th Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the United States Army Ordnance School at Fort Lee, Virginia.
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James T. Moore
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviator
- Biography
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Lieutenant General James Tillinghast Moore was a decorated Officer and aviator in the United States Marine Corps, he is most noted for his service as commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing during World War II.
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Thomas S. James, Jr
- Biography
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Thomas Sease James Jr. is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the 39th Commanding General of the First United States Army headquartered at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. He held his latest position from October 29, 2018, to July 8, 2021, after having previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff for United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea.
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William Porcher DuBose
- Years
- 1836-1918 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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William Porcher DuBose was an American priest, author, and theologian in the Episcopal Church in the United States. After service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, in which he became a chaplain in his cousin's regiment, DuBose served as a Professor, Chaplain, and Dean of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Later he served as Chaplain at Fairmount College in Monteagle, Tennessee (currently the DuBose Conference Center, named after William Porcher DuBose) and as priest-in-charge at the nearby Chapel of the Holy Comforter.
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Cameron Wells
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Cameron Louis Wells is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at his alma mater, The Citadel.
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Thom Goolsby
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Cowart Goolsby is a former Republican North Carolina State Senator representing New Hanover County.
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William Stewart Simkins
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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William Stewart Simkins was a Confederate soldier and professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin. While he was a Citadel cadet, he may have fired the first shot of the American Civil War.
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John Kimmons
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history
- Biography
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John Frederick "Jeff" Kimmons is a retired American lieutenant general, who served as United States Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command and chief of staff to the Director of National Intelligence. He was instrumental in the development of Army Field Manual, FM 2-22.3, Human Intelligence Collector Operations, which was the Army's response to actions at Abu Ghraib prison. Kimmons retired from active service on December 1, 2010, after 35 years.
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John Thomas Kennedy
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John Thomas Kennedy was a highly decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of Brigadier General. He distinguished himself during the fighting with Moro rebels in the Philippines in 1909 and received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration awarded for valor. He was the last surviving US veteran of the Philippine–American War to receive that medal.
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Dave Roberts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David W. Roberts is an American politician from Solana Beach, California. He was the county supervisor for San Diego County from 2012 to 2016, representing district 3, which includes portions of San Diego and most of north San Diego County. He was formerly the Mayor of Solana Beach. He is a Democrat.
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George M. Seignious
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Lieutenant General George Marion Seignious U.S. Army was a distinguished military leader, diplomat and college president.
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Ellison Capers
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Ellison Capers was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, theologian, college professor and administrator from South Carolina.
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Carey Cash
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Carey Hall Cash is a United States Navy Rear Admiral and chaplain who serves as the 21st Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps and Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy since May 2022. An ordained minister, Cash served in multiple positions as a military chaplain, including as the command chaplain to USS San Jacinto, USS John C. Stennis, and Carrier Strike Group 3, as well as chaplain to former President Barack Obama at Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat.
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Jeffrey Beaverstock
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
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Robert Poydasheff
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Robert Stephen Poydasheff was an American attorney and politician who served one term as mayor of Columbus, Georgia, from 2003 to 2007. A retired military officer, he served in the United States Army for twenty-four years, retiring at the rank of colonel.
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Barnwell R. Legge
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Barnwell Rhett Legge CBE was a highly decorated United States Army Brigadier General and combat leader. He is most noted as one of the most decorated U.S. Military members of World War I and as Military Attaché to Switzerland during World War II.
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Hugh Smith Thompson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hugh Smith Thompson was the 81st governor of South Carolina, from 1882 to 1886.
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Charles J. Girard
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Charles J. Girard was a brigadier general in the United States Army. Assigned to head the Capital Military Assistance Command in Saigon in November 1969, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage two months later, becoming one of the highest-ranking American officers to die in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
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Horace Ellis Crouch
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant Colonel Horace Ellis Crouch was an American military aviator whose career included service with the United States Army Air Corps and United States Air Force, he was a combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War who served as one of the crewmembers on the Doolittle Raid.
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Carmen J. Cavezza
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Carmen James Cavezza is a retired United States Army lieutenant general. He is a former commander of the I Corps at Fort Lewis, Washington, Commander at Fort Benning, Georgia, Commander at Fort Ord, California, Assistant Commander, 82nd Airborne Division and Commanding General, United States Army Infantry Center and School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Cavezza retired in 1994.
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Langhorne A. Motley
- Occupations
- diplomatbusinessperson
- Biography
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Langhorne Anthony "Tony" Motley was a former United States Ambassador to Brazil (1981–83) and Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (1983–85). He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations. Ambassador Motley had a wife and two children. He received his Bachelor of Arts from The Citadel in 1960.
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Stephen C. Evans
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Stephen Carl Evans is a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy, who commanded Carrier Strike Group 2.
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Harry K. Pickett
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Major General Harry Kleinbeck Pickett was a United States Marine Corps Officer who has the distinction of having been present at the start of both world wars; he was serving as Commanding Officer of the Marine barracks at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and is most noted for leading the unit that trained both Marine and Army amphibious units in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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Bill Nettles
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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William Norman Nettles is an American lawyer. He served as the United States attorney for the District of South Carolina from 2010 to 2016.
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William O. Brice
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Oscar Brice, CBE was a United States Marine Corps General and a veteran of the Korean War, the World War II fight for the Solomon Islands and pre-war expeditionary duty in Haiti and China. He last served at Pearl Harbor as commanding general, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, after more than three years at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as Director of Aviation.
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Charles C. Tew
- Occupations
- meteorological observermilitary officer
- Biography
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Charles Courtenay Tew was a colonel in the Confederate States Army and was killed in action at the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War.
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James Robert Mann
- Occupations
- military officerlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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James Robert Mann was a World War II soldier, lawyer and Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina.
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Glenn K. Rieth
- Biography
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Major General Glenn K. Rieth served as Adjutant General of New Jersey and the commander of the New Jersey Army and Air National Guard, which compose the New Jersey Department of Military Affairs. His service began in March 2002 and ended with his resignation in December 2011.
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John Palms
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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John Michael Palms is an American military officer, nuclear physicist and college professor who also served as president of the University of South Carolina and Georgia State University.
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Sam C. Sarkesian
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- university teachermilitary personnelpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Sam Charles Sarkesian was a prominent scholar of civil-military relations and national security, who published numerous books and articles concerning various topics in these areas. He was also a member of the military, serving in Korea and Vietnam. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was also a professor emeritus of political science at Loyola University Chicago, where he was the chair of the political science department and influenced many new scholars in the field. He also served as the second president of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society (IUS). His memory is strong in the IUS, as many of its fellows were his students.
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Lewie G. Merritt
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lewie Griffith Merritt was a Major General and early aviator in the United States Marine Corps. Merritt served over 30 years in the Marine Corps, including service in World War I at Belleau Wood and as an aviator during World War II in both the European and Pacific Theaters. After retiring from the Marine Corps, Merritt practiced law in South Carolina.
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George Bray McMillan
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lieutenant Colonel George Bray McMillan was a United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot, Squadron Commander, combat "ace" and member of the American Volunteer Group better known as the Flying Tigers.
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William L. McKittrick
- Occupations
- United States Naval Aviator
- Biography
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William Lake McKittrick was a decorated aviation officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. He is most noted for his service as commanding officer of the Marine Aircraft Group 24 during the Bougainville Campaign and later as Air Defense Commander during the Battle of Saipan.
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Donald E. Rosenblum
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Biography
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Donald Edward Rosenblum was a United States Army Lieutenant General. He is an alumnus of The Citadel, Class of 1951.
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Peter Fayssoux Stevens
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Peter Fayssoux Stevens was an American soldier, educator and clergyman. He was an officer in the Confederate States Army and a bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church who also served as 4th superintendent of the South Carolina Military Academy (now The Citadel).
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William J. Luti
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William J. Luti served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy for the National Security Council in the administration of President George W. Bush.
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Henry E. Brown
- Occupations
- politicianbusiness executive
- Biography
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Henry Edward Brown Jr. is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 2001 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He did not stand for re-election in 2010.
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Eric Vollmecke
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Major General Eric W. Vollmecke is a retired United States Air Force general. He was the Air National Guard Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, United States Air Forces in Europe/Air Forces Africa and was formerly the Assistant Adjutant General - Air in the West Virginia National Guard.
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George W. Croft
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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George William Croft was a U.S. representative from South Carolina, father of Theodore Gaillard Croft.
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James Grimsley, Jr
- Biography
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James Alexander Grimsley Jr., was a United States Army Major General and combat veteran of two wars who also served as President of his alma mater, The Citadel from 1980 to 1989.
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Maurice G. Burnside
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Studied in 1920-1922
- Occupations
- business executiveauthorteacherpolitician
- Biography
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Maurice Gwinn Burnside was a professor, tobacco warehouse manager, and U.S. Representative from Huntington, West Virginia.
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Carlos Hopkins
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Carlos LeMont Hopkins is an American attorney and National Guard soldier. Previously serving as counsel to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, he was selected to serve as Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs following the departure of John C. Harvey Jr. in 2017, and was retained in that post when Ralph Northam took office as Governor in January 2018.
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Herbert Beckington
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Herbert L. Beckington was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who served in combat during World War II and the Vietnam War. He later served as the first inspector general for the United States Agency for International Development.
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Edward C. Mann
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Edward Coke Mann was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
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James M. Farr
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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James Marion Farr was an American university professor and academic administrator. Farr was a native of South Carolina, and earned bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees before beginning his career as a professor of English language and literature. He was the interim president of the University of Florida from 1927 until 1928, and also served as the university's first vice president from 1905 to 1934.
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Oliver F. Berry
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Oliver Fuller Berry was a chief petty officer in the United States Coast Guard who was chosen to be the namesake for the twenty-fourth cutter of the Sentinel class. He was one of the first Coast Guard aircraft technicians trained to work on helicopters.
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Edward Fuller Witsell
- Years
- 1891-1969 (aged 78)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Edward Fuller Witsell was an American military officer who served as Adjutant General in the United States Army from 1946 to 1951. Witsell was a 1911 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and a World War I veteran.
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Charles Cecil Wyche
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Charles Cecil Wyche was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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Garry L. Parks
- Enrolled in the Citadel Military College of South Carolina
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in education
- Occupations
- soldier
- Biography
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Garry L. Parks is a corporate executive and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General whose 35-year career included service as Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruiting Command and Commanding General of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
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George W. Dargan
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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George William Dargan was a U.S. representative from South Carolina, great-grandson of Lemuel Benton.
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Kenneth G. Matheson
- Biography
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Kenneth Gordon Matheson was a professor at and a chancellor of several educational institutions.
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John B. Cooper
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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John B. Cooper is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who most recently served as the Air Force deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection. During his 35-year career, he served in various assignments involving munitions, aircraft maintenance and logistics.
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John A. Moroso
- Years
- 1874-1957 (aged 83)
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writernovelistscreenwriter
- Biography
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John Antonio Moroso was an American writer.
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Gabriel H. Mahon, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gabriel Heyward Mahon Jr. was a U.S. representative from South Carolina.
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James D. Bearden III
- Years
- 1943-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- oncologist
- Biography
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James D. Bearden III, M.D. F.A.C.P. is a native of South Carolina, a medical oncologist and current Vice President and Clinical Research & Physician Manager of the Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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James Culbertson
- Occupations
- diplomatbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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James Blair Culbertson was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands until 2009. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Culbertson was commissioned as ambassador on July 10, 2008. He presented his credentials to Queen Beatrix on August 13, 2008.
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Del Staecker
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Del Staecker is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories and non-fiction in a number of genres, including suspense, crime, philosophical fiction, satire and memoir.
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W. R. Alford
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianlawyer
- Biography
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William Robert "Red" Alford was an American mathematician and lawyer, who was best known for his work in the fields of topology and number theory.
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James C. Tison, Jr
- Occupations
- civil engineer
- Biography
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Rear Admiral James C. Tison Jr. was an officer in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps and Environmental Science Services Administration Corps (ESSA Corps), both predecessors of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps). He served simultaneously as the first Director of the ESSA Corps, one of only two people to hold the position, and as the sixth Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
