
LEARN HOW PEOPLE HAVE GAINED FROM ROTC
LEADERSHIP THAT LASTS A LIFETIME
One of the best ways to see if Army ROTC is right for you is to learn how alumni have benefited from the experience. See how the skills they learned in ROTC have helped them build successful and satisfying careers.
![]() | VSU ROTC General Officers<p>1st BG (Ret) Alfred J. Cade -<i>Class of 1952</i></p><p>2nd MG (Ret) Ernest R. Morgan -<i>Class of 1952(Deceased)</i></p><p>3rd MG (Ret) Leo A. Brooke -<i>Class of 1954</i></p><p>4th LTG (Ret) Alonzo E. Short, Jr. -<i>Class of 1962</i></p><p>5th BG (Ret) Bert W. Holmes, Jr. -<i>Class of1963</i> </p><p>6th MG (Ret) W. Montague Winfield -<i>Class of 1975</i></p><p>7th BG (Ret) Sheila R. Baxter -<i>Class of 1978</i></p><p>8th GEN Dennis F. Via -<i>Class of 1980</i></p><p> </p><p>NOTABLE FACTS</p><ol><li>LTC (Ret) Irene F. Logan, first female commissioned in the ROTC program in1976.</li><li>COL Sheila R. Baxter, 1978 graduate, is the first female promoted toBG.</li><li>MAJ Ester Sharpe, 1987 graduate, first female from ROTC, VSU deployed oKuwait</li><li>COL Velma Richardson, first female on the ROTC Staff promoted to BG.</li><li>LTC (Ret) Veronica L. Baker first female 2002 to be assigned as PMS sincethe program originated in 1947 by LTC (Ret) Robert M. Hendrick, Jr.(deceased)</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> |
![]() | VSU ROTC PMS<p>1st LTC (Ret) Robert M. Hendrick, Jr. - 1947 - 51; Deceased</p><p>2nd LTC (Ret) Crawford H. Lydle, Jr. - 1951 - 54; Deceased</p><p>3rd LTC (Ret) Clinton C. Burke, Jr. - 1954-57; Deceased</p><p>4th LTC (Ret) George C. Bingham - 1957-59</p><p>5th LTC (Ret) Jesse J. Mayes - 1959-64</p><p>6th LTC (Ret) T.J.L. Stephens - 1964-67; Deceased</p><p>7th LTC (Ret) Phillip Mallory - 1967-68; Deceased</p><p>8th COL (Ret) Ira Snell - 1968-69</p><p>9th LTC (Ret) Napoleon Booker - 1969-71</p><p>10th LTC (Ret) Norris F. Dendy - 1971-74</p><p>11th LTC (Ret) Jona McKee - 1974-79</p><p>12th COL (Ret) Frank E. Underwood - 1979-82</p><p>13th COL (Ret) Wilbert M. Dean - 1982-84</p><p>14th LTC (Ret) Dan Johnson - 1984-87</p><p>15th LTC (Ret) Clarence T. Catchings - 1988-92</p><p>16th COL (Ret) Cortez K. Dial - 1992-94</p><p>17th LTC (Ret) Michael M. Shackleford - 1994-96</p><p>18th LTC (Ret) Larry D. Moore - 1996-97</p><p>19th LTC (Ret) Lloyd J. Brown - 1996-97</p><p>20th LTC (Ret) Veronica L. Baker - 2002-06</p><p>21st LTC (Ret) Jeffrey Garland - 2006-10</p><p>22nd LTC Christopher A. Tompkins - 2010-11</p><p>23rd LTC Daniel M. Maloney - 2011-14</p><p>24th LTC John P. Swoopes - 2014-2015</p><p>25th LTC David D. Johnson - 2015-Present</p><p> </p><p>Approximate Number of ROTC commissionees 1949-2015: 1,620</p> |