Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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lwmmnn ®a®B Major-General John A. Lejeune Major General John A. Lejeune, retired, United States Marine Corps, is the fifth Superin- tendent of thei Virginia Military Institute, having assumed that post upon retirement from the Marine Corps in 1929. General Lejeune was born January 10, 1876, in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. He attended preparatory school and two years of college at the Louisiana State University before he entered the United States Naval Academy, from which institution he graduated in 1888. After- spending his first years of service as a Naval Cadet on active sea duty, he received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. From then on his progress was continual until he reached the peak in that branch of the Service — Major-General, Commandant of the Marine Corps. General Lejeune has lead a colorful and an adventurous life. The famous Second Division, the Marine Corps that participated in the battles of Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood, was under his command during the World War. After the war, he spent seven months with the Army of Occupation before being recalled to fill the post of Major-General. Commandant of the Marine Corps. This office he held for almost nine years until his retirement in 1929. Upon assuming the post of Superintendent at the Institute, General Lejeune soon impressed the Corps of Cadets by his fairness and justness. Our first impressions have remained throughout the years we have spent under his leadership, and today he holds a place in the heart of every Cadet. Upon leaving the Institute, we of the graduating class express our sincere gratitude for the ever-existing attitude of helpfulness the General has shown; his character has been admired by all of us, and we go away realizing that it has been a credit to our class as well as to V. M. I. to have served under such leadership.

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1 His Excellency, John Garland Pollard Governor of Vircinia Commander-in-Chief BOARD OF VISITORS Robert W. Ma ' :sie, President Lynchburg, Va. Lewis E. Steele, Secretary . Lexington, Va. MEMBERS Joseph Button Richmond, Va. Samuel K. Funkhouser Roanoke, Va. Harry H. Holt Hampton, Va. Alexander F. Ryland Richmond, Va. Roy W. Sexton Wytheville, Va. W. W. Boxley Roanoke, Va. Thomas R. Keith Fairfax, Va. William H. Cocke Richmond, Va. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD EX-OFFICIO S. Gardner Waller, Adjutant General of Virginia Richmond, Va. Sydney B. Hall, Supt. of Public Instruction Richmond, Va.

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w winfyww 3Q DB i in ' It I ' i COLONEL HUNTER PENDLETON M.A., PH.D. Professor oj General and Applied Chemistry COLONEL HENRY CLINTON FORD B.S., PH.D. Professor of History COLONEL FRANCIS MALLORY C.E. Professor of Physics COLONEL WILLIAM M. HUNLEY A.B. Projessor of Economics and Political Science