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VSU ROTC General Officers

1st BG (Ret) Alfred J. Cade - Class of 1952

2nd MG (Ret) Ernest R. Morgan - Class of 1952 (Deceased)

3rd MG (Ret) Leo A. Brooke - Class of 1954

4th LTG (Ret) Alonzo E. Short, Jr. - Class of 1962

5th BG (Ret) Bert W. Holmes, Jr. - Class of 1963               

6th MG W. Montague Winfield - Class of 1975

7th BG Sheila R. Baxter - Class of 1978

8th BG Dennis F. Via - Class of 1980

NOTABLE FACTS

1. LTC (Ret) Irene F. Logan, first female commissioned in the ROTC program in 1976.
2. COL Sheila R. Baxter, 1978 graduate, is the first female promoted to BG.
3. MAJ Ester Sharpe, 1987 graduate, first female from ROTC, VSU deployed o Kuwait
4. COL Velma Richardson, first female on the ROTC Staff promoted to BG.
5. LTC (Ret) Veronica L. Baker first female 2002 to be assigned as PMS since the program originated in 1947 by LTC (Ret) Robert M. Hendrick, Jr. (deceased)

VSU ROTC PMS

1st LTC (Ret) Robert M. Hendrick, Jr. - 1947 - 51; Deceased

2nd LTC (Ret) Crawford H. Lydle, Jr. - 1951 - 54; Deceased

3rd LTC (Ret) Clinton C. Burke, Jr. - 1954-57; Deceased

4th LTC (Ret) George C. Bingham - 1957-59

5th LTC (Ret) Jesse J. Mayes - 1959-64

6th LTC (Ret) T.J.L. Stephens - 1964-67; Deceased

7th LTC (Ret) Phillip Mallory - 1967-68; Deceased

8th COL (Ret) Ira Snell - 1968-69

9th LTC (Ret) Napoleon Booker - 1969-71

10th LTC (Ret) Norris F. Dendy - 1971-74

11th LTC (Ret) Jona McKee - 1974-79

12th COL (Ret) Frank E. Underwood - 1979-82

13th COL (Ret) Wilbert M. Dean - 1982-84

14th LTC (Ret) Dan Johnson - 1984-87

15th LTC (Ret) Clarence T. Catchings - 1988-92

16th COL (Ret) Cortez K. Dial - 1992-94

17th LTC (Ret) Michael M. Shackleford - 1994-96

18th LTC (Ret) Larry D. Moore - 1996-97

19th LTC (Ret) Lloyd J. Brown - 1996-97

20th LTC (Ret) Veronica L. Baker - 2002-06

21st LTC Jeffrey Garland - 2006-Present

Approximate Number of ROTC commissionees 1949-2006: 1,485