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Display case of Major General Dean’s Belongings
Many graduates from our program, including Major General Dean, have distinguished themselves.
![]() | Recent University of California at Berkeley Alumni |
![]() | Distinguished University of California at Berkeley Alumni |
![]() | Major General William F. DeanCommanding General, 24th Infantry DivisionBorn on August 1, 1899, in Carlyle, Illinois, Dean graduated from theUniversity of California at Berkeley in 1922. Commissioned as a SecondLieutenant in the California National Guard in 1921, he was tendered a RegularArmy commission on October 18, 1923. Promoted to Brigadier General in 1942 andthen to major general in 1943, Dean served first as assistant divisioncommander and later as division commander of the 44th Infantry Division. |
![]() | Robert S. McNamaraSecretary of Defense (1961-1968), World Bank President (1968-1981)Born in San Francisco on June 9, 1916, Mr. McNamara graduated from theUniversity of California in 1937. In 1939 he received an MBA degree fromHarvard, and in 1940 he returned to Harvard to become an instructor and laterAssistant Professor of Business Administration. In 1943 he was commissioned acaptain in the Army Air Force and served in the UK, India, China, and thePacific. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and promoted to lieutenant colonelbefore going on inactive duty in April 1946. |
![]() | GEN Fredrick C. WeyandArmy Chief of StaffFrederick Carlton Weyand was born in Arbuckle, California, on 15 September1916; was commissioned a second lieutenant through the Reserve OfficersTraining Corps program at the University of California at Berkeley, 1938, wherehe graduated in 1939; married Arline Langhart, 1940; was called to active dutyand served with the 6th Artillery, 1940–1942; was promoted to temporary firstlieutenant, June 1941, and to captain in February and major in November 1942;graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, 1942;was adjutant of the Harbor Defense Command, San Francisco, 1942–1943; served inthe Office of the Chief of Intelligence, War Department General Staff, 1944;was assistant chief of staff for intelligence, China-Burma-India Theater,1944–1945; was in the Military Intelligence Service, Washington, 1945–1946; waspromoted to temporary lieutenant colonel, March 1945, and permanent captain,July 1948; was chief of staff for intelligence, United States Army Forces,Middle Pacific, 1946–1949; graduated from the Infantry School at Fort Benning,1950; was battalion commander in the 7th Infantry and assistant chief of staff,G–3, of the 3d Infantry Division in the Korean War, 1950–1951; served on thefaculty of the Infantry School, 1952–1953; attended the Armed Forces StaffCollege, 1953; was military assistant in the Office of the Assistant Secretaryof the Army for Financial Management, 1953–1954; was military assistant andexecutive to the secretary of the Army, 1954–1957; was promoted to permanentmajor, July 1953, and temporary colonel, July 1955; graduated from the Army WarCollege, 1958; commanded the 3d Battle Group, 6th Infantry, in Europe,1958–1959; served in the Office of the United States Commander in Berlin, 1960;was promoted to temporary brigadier general, July 1960; was chief of staff,Communications Zone, United States Army, Europe, 1960–1961; was deputy chiefand chief of legislative liaison, Department of the Army, 1961–1964; waspromoted to permanent lieutenant colonel, September 1961, and to temporarymajor general, November 1962; was commander of the 25th Infantry Division,Hawaii, 1964–1966, and in Vietnam operations, 1966–1967; was promoted topermanent colonel, September 1966; was deputy, acting commander, and commanderof II Field Force, Vietnam, 1967–1968; was chief of the Office of ReserveComponents, 1968–1969; was promoted to permanent brigadier and major generaland temporary lieutenant general, August 1968, and temporary general, October1970; was military adviser at the Paris peace talks, 1969–1970; was assistantchief of staff for force development, 1970; was successively deputy commanderand commander of the United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam,1970–1973; was commander in chief of the United States Army, Pacific, 1973; wasvice chief of staff of the United States Army, 1973–1974; was chief of staff ofthe United States Army, 3 October 1974–31 September 1976; supervised Army movesto improve the combat-to-support troop ratio, to achieve a sixteen-divisionforce, to enhance the effectiveness of roundout units, and to improve personneland logistical readiness; retired from active service, October 1976. |