Montgomery Meigs (born 1945)
Montgomery Meigs | |
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United States Army Europe Seventh United States Army 1st Armored Division 3rd Infantry Division 1st Infantry Division | |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War Gulf War
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| Relations | Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (father) Montgomery C. Meigs (granduncle) |
| Other work | Professor at Syracuse University and Georgetown University CEO of Business Executives for National Security |
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (January 11, 1945 – July 6, 2021) was a United States Army general. He was named for his great-great-great-granduncle, Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs, the father of Arlington National Cemetery, and for his father Lieutenant Colonel Montgomery Meigs, a World War II tank commander who was killed in action one month before Meigs was born.
Early life and education
Meigs graduated from the
Military career
Meigs received his PhD in history from Wisconsin in 1982 before reporting to
Meigs commanded the
Meigs was the commander-in-chief of the United States Army Europe and Africa until his retirement in 2002.
Post-military career
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After Meigs left active military service, he was a professor at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and served as a military consultant to The Pentagon. In 2008 he returned to NBC News as a military consultant.[2][3]
In December 2007, Meigs left his previous position as the director of the United States Department of Defense's Joint
From January 1, 2010, to July 25, 2013, Meigs served as president and chief executive officer of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a nonprofit composed of senior business executives who volunteer to help address national security challenges.
He died on July 6, 2021, in Austin, Texas.[5][6]
Awards and decorations
Meigs' awards include the
Author
- Meigs, Montgomery C. (1990). Slide Rules and Submarines: American Scientists and Subsurface Warfare in World War II. ISBN 9780160185915.
- University Press of the Pacific (2002, ISBN 978-0-89875-905-1)
- University Press of the Pacific (2002,
References
- ^ Art, Robert (September 1, 2015). "From the Director: September, 2015". MIT Seminar XXI. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Find Alumni". MIT Seminar XXI. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ^ a b "General Montgomery C. Meigs Joins Faculty". Office of Communications. Georgetown University. January 18, 2008. Archived from the original on January 21, 2008.
- ^ a b "Gen. Montgomery Meigs – Meet the faces of MSNBC". NBC News. MSNBC. June 30, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ "Meigs, Montgomery". LBJ School of Public Affairs. The University of Texas at Austin. 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ "Montgomery Meigs, former commander of US Army Europe, dies at 76". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ "Montgomery Meigs Obituary - Austin, TX". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
External links
- Biography from nato.int
- Official U.S. Army bio
- Official Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization web site
- Meigs Family papers Archived July 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine at Hagley Museum and Library The collection contains the personal papers of many of his predecessors.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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