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ANDREW J. GOODPASTER

Army officer; b. Granite City, Ill. Feb. 12, 1915; s. Andrew Jackson and Teresa Mary (Mrovka) G; student McKendree Coll., 1931-33; B.S., U. S. Mil. Acad. 1939; M.S.E., Princeton U., 1949, M.A., 1949, Ph.D. in Internat. Relations, 1950; M. Dorothy Dulaney Anderson, Aug. 28, 1939; children--Susan Dulaney, Anne Morgan.  Commd. 2d lt., C.E., U. S. Army, 1939, advanced through grades to gen., 1968, temporarily serving as lt. gen., 1977; comdg. officer 48th Engr. Combat Bn., World War II; strategic and policy staff duty, War Dept. Gen. Staff, 1944-47; mem. Joint Adv. Study Com., 1950; spl. staff asst. SHAPE, 1950-54; dist. engr. C.E., San Francisco, 1954; def. liaison officer and staff sec. to Pres. U.S., 1954-61; asst. div. cmdr. 3d Inf. Div., 1961-62; div. cmdr. 8th Inf. Div., 1961-62; asst. to chmn. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1963-66; dir. Joint Staff, 1966-67; dir. spl. studies Officers Candidate Sch., Dept. Army, 1967; sr. U. S. Army mem. mil. staff com. UN; comdt. Nat. War Coll., 1967-68; mem. U. S. Del. Paris negotiations with N. Vietnam, 1968; dep. comdr. U. S. forces, Vietnam, 1968-69; comdr.-in-chief U. S. forces, supreme allied comdr. Europe, 1969-74; ret., 1974, recalled 1977, now supt. U. S. Mil. Acad.; sr. fellow security and strategic studies Woodrow Wilson Internat. Center for Scholars, 1975-76; prof. govt. and internat. studies The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., 1976-77; spl. cons. to Vice Pres. U. C. Commn. Orgn. Govt. for Conduct Fgn. Policy, 1975; dir. New York Life Ins. Co.  Trustee Eisenhower Coll., George C. Marshall Found.; bd. dirs. Atlantic Council U.S.; mem. numerous adv. groups on strategy, security, internat. affairs, mgmt. and orgn.  Decorated Def. D.S.M., D.S.C., D.S.M. (Army), with 3 oak leaf clusters; Silver Star, D.S.M., (Navy), D.S.M. (Air Force), Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster; numerous fgn. decorations including Italian Mil. Cross of Valor, Korean Order Mil. Merit, Vietnamese Cross Valor, grand cross Mil. Order Aviz (Portugal), grand cordon Order Leopold (Belgium), grand cross with swords Order Orange-Nassau (Netherlands), grand cross 1st class Order of Merit (Fed. Republic Germany), Distinguished Service medal Turkish Armed Forces.  Mem. Nat. Acad. Pub. Adminstrn., Council Fgn. Relations, Soc. Am. Engrs.  Sigma Xi.  Address:  U. S. Mil. Acad., West Point, N.Y. 10996