{"id":107,"date":"2022-04-25T14:47:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T18:20:50","slug":"lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret-1974-1979\">Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret (1974-1979)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><br>General Seignious was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1921. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942. During World War II, he served in the European Theatre as a Platoon Leader and Operations Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the war, he held numerous positions serving with the Joint Brazil-U.S. Military Commission, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1952-1955; Military Member of Secretary of State Dean Rusk&#8217;s delegation to ANZUS and SEATO, 1966; Military Advisor at the Paris Peace Talks in Vietnam, 1968; and Director, Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General Seignious became President of The Citadel in 1974. He resigned in 1979 and became Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament agency with the rank of Ambassador.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/President\/seignious.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret (1974-1979) General Seignious was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1921. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942. During World War II, he served in the European Theatre as a Platoon Leader and Operations Officer. After the war, he held numerous positions serving with the Joint Brazil-U.S. Military [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret - The Citadel History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret (1974-1979) General Seignious was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1921. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942. During World War II, he served in the European Theatre as a Platoon Leader and Operations Officer. After the war, he held numerous positions serving with the Joint Brazil-U.S. Military [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Citadel History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-21T18:20:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/President\/seignious.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret - The Citadel History\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.citadel.edu\\\/root\\\/images\\\/President\\\/seignious.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-25T18:47:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-21T18:20:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.citadel.edu\\\/root\\\/images\\\/President\\\/seignious.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/web.citadel.edu\\\/root\\\/images\\\/President\\\/seignious.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Presidents\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/presidents\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Citadel History\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.citadel.edu\\\/citadel-history\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret - The Citadel History","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret","og_description":"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret (1974-1979) General Seignious was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1921. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942. During World War II, he served in the European Theatre as a Platoon Leader and Operations Officer. After the war, he held numerous positions serving with the Joint Brazil-U.S. Military [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/","og_site_name":"The Citadel History","article_modified_time":"2022-07-21T18:20:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/President\/seignious.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/","url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/","name":"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret - The Citadel History","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/President\/seignious.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-25T18:47:22+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-21T18:20:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/President\/seignious.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/web.citadel.edu\/root\/images\/President\/seignious.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/lieutenant-general-george-m-seignious-usa-ret\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Presidents","item":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/presidents\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lieutenant General George M. Seignious, USA, Ret"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/","name":"The Citadel History","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/108"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/citadel-history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}