Military
This SMA Hall of Fame web page is a living list, which currently shows just a few of the more renown SMA alumni…
We realize this is an incomplete listing. Help preserve the SMA legacy — please let us know about others that you feel should be added. Candidates (e.g., alumni, former faculty, staff) nominated for the SMA Hall of Fame may be submitted to the SMA webmaster or you can submit nominations via USPS to the SMAAF Office.
MILITARY | BIOS | ||
1888 | John A. Hulen | Brigadier General, National Army; Commander 1st Texas Brigade | |
1917 | Edwin A. Pollock | General; Commander, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic & Pacific; Navy Cross | |
1920 | Logan C. Berry | Colonel, U.S. Army; Military Attache AMEMB, Mexico City | |
1923 | Woodbury M. Burgess | Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; NSA D/Director Production | |
1924 | Robert T. Frederick | Major General, U.S. Army (Youngest Army Gen. in WWII); “Devils Brigade” | |
1927 | Cooper B. Bright | Captain, U.S. Navy | |
1928 | David McCampbell | Captain, U.S. Navy; WWII Navy’s Top Fighter Ace; Awarded Medal of Honor | |
1928 | Herbert G. Sparrow | Major General, U.S. Army – 40 years of service | |
1928 | Edgar M. Wittan | Colonel, USAAF; WWII – Commander, 390th Bomber Group | |
1932 | William S. Steele | Major General, U.S. Air Force | |
1932 | Charles L. Cogswell | Brigadier General, USMC; WWII led the first landing on Guadalcanal | |
1935 | Henry G. Plitt | Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserves; Founded Plitt Theaters, Inc. | |
1935 | John Wieland | LT, U.S. Navy; WWII KIA; Wieland Gates built and named in his honor | |
1939 | Jeffrey G. Smith | Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.); Commander, First US Army | |
1941 | Frank L. Gailer, Jr. | Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force; Vice Commander, 3rd AF Europe | |
1941 | George B. Tullidge | ||
1941 | Albert L. Hutson, Jr. | Colonel, U.S. Army; WWII, Vietnam – 32 years of service | |
1943 | Jeffrey C. Metzel, Jr. | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy; 4th Commadning Officer of USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) | |
1946 | William C. Louisell, Jr. | Brigadier General, U.S. Army | |
1947 | Edward B. Atkeson | Major General, U.S. Army; NIC/DCI; Author “A Tale of Three Wars“ | |
1947 | Sloan Reid “Sandy” Gill | Major General, U.S. Air Force; Chief Air Force Reserves | |
1947 | Edward C. Peter | Lt General, U.S. Army; Cmdr 4th U.S. Army; President CDC | |
1948 | Edward R. Burka | Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserves, Medical Corps | |
1950 | Fred N. Hopewell | Colonel, U.S. Air Force – 30 years of service | |
1959 | George M. Stant | Captain, U.S. Navy – 30 years of service | |
1965 | Antonio J. Vicens | Major General, PR Army National Guard | |
1969 | Kim G. Langley | Colonel, U.S. Army | |
1972 | Jeffrey G. Smith, Jr. | Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.); VMI Deputy Superintendent & Dean of Faculty | |
1974 | Stephen M. Goldfein | Major General, U.S. Air Force | |
1975 | Russell S. Penniman | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | |
Staff | Thomas D. Howie | Major, U.S. Army; WWII KIA; Renown as hero “The Major of St. Lo“ | |
Staff | Wilton B. Persons | Major General, U.S. Army; Chief of Staff for President Eisenhower | |
Staff | Alexander M. Patch | Lt General, U.S. Army; WWII Commander, U.S. 7th Army Europe |