SEIGNIOUS, GEORGE M.
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1921-2005. Citadel Class of 1942. Born George Marion Seignious II in Orangeburg, S.C. Lieutenant General, U.S.A. President of The Citadel, 1974-1979. As a cadet, he was 1st Battalion Cadet Major and Battalion Commander. During World War II, served with the 10th Armored Division and 20th Armored Infantry Battalion. Assisant executive secretary in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1952. Chief of Plans and Training Division, Army Section of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Spain. Military assistant and executive to the Secretary of the Army, 1957-1960. Graduate of the National War College, 1961. Commander, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Europe, and chief of staff of the 3rd Armored Division in Europe.
Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as military adviser at the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, 1968. Commanding general of the Third U. S. Army Division in Germany; then U. S. commander in Berlin, 1970. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs; then director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, 1971; director, Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1972.
During his term as President of The Citadel, Deas Hall was constructed, the Mess Hall was renovated, and Capers Hall was expanded. President Carter appointed him a delegate-at-large on the U. S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) negotiations in Geneva. When he resigned from The Citadel in 1979, he became director of the U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. His decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters; Silver Star; Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters; and Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters. Seignious Hall (dedicated 1982) was named in his honor. He published a memoir, A Grandfather Reports, in 1996. His portrait hangs in the Daniel Library. (Source: Dave Munday, "Former Citadel Chief Dies," Post and Courier, July 4, 2005, pp. 1B, 6B) (DH)
See also Seignious Hall.
See also Citadel History - Lieutenant General George M. Seignious.
