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Lt. Gen. George M. Seignious, II Gen Seignious after being chosen as Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Gen. Seignious toolt time to get to know cadets. On August I. 1974 Lt, General George Marion Seig- nious II accepted his greatest command in becoming the President of The Citadel. From that date an era began, one which the school had not seen nor will likely see for some time. Born June 21, 1921. General Seignious grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He graduated. from high school in Kingstree in 1938, and from The Citadel in 1942. Upon graduation, he rose to the rank of Major in only Hve years. From there on his list of achievements is staggering. From 1961-1965 General Seignious served as Com- manding Officer of the 1 1 ih Armored Calvary Regiment in Europe. In 1965 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and was assigned one year later to Secretary Rusk ' s delegation to the ANZUS and SEATO talks. In June 1968, President Nixon appointed him to replace General Goodpaster as military advisor to Governor Harriman and Ambassador Vance at the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam. March 19, 1969, he became commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division in Ger- many. On September 20, 1977. President Carter named him delegate-at-large of the U.S. delegation to the SALT talks in Geneva. General Seignious has not only contributed to his na- tion but also to the school on which he looks with great pr ide. The Great Issue Speaker series, improvements in Capers Hall, building Deas Hall, and hiring more professors with Ph.Ds show his concern. General Seignious exemplifies all the qualities that make up a Citadel Man . In everyday activities his love, devotion to duty and his excellence in body, mind and spirit were seen by everyone who came in contact with him. On December 2, 1978, before a silent mess hall filled with cadets, he told of his plans to resign as Presi- dent of The Citadel upon his confirmation as Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The closeness between General Seignious and the Corps of Cadets is one that cannot be explained. Rather, it is one that an individual must experience and feel. It can only be expressed by the General himself when he said, with tears in his eyes, ... though I may be in other places, in foreign lands, my heart will always be with the Corps of Cadets and The Citadel . He took it upon himself to be informed of the matters concerning his boys . Be it the lowest knob or the Regimental Com- mander, he looked at them entirely equal; for they were Citadel Men . Gen. Seignious as a cadet in the president ' s office reviewing parade with Prince Charles. 17
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