United States Army Brigadier General. At the start of World War II, he was a successful lawyer with the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, when he excepted a commission in the US Army. He was one of the first officers assigned to the Allied Forces Headquarters in London and served on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff for the invasion of North Africa. In 1943, he was a Colonel in command of the 63rd Signal Battalion in Salerno and Anzio, Italy. After the war, he remained in the Army as assistant director of plans and operations for the Signal Corps at the Pentagon. From 1955 to 1958, he was legal adviser to the Army Chemical Corps and in 1959, was assigned to Sandia Base in Albuquerque as staff judge advocate. He became an associate professor of law at West Point in 1960, named head of the law department in 1963 and retired a Brigadier General from West Point in 1977.
United States Army Brigadier General. At the start of World War II, he was a successful lawyer with the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, when he excepted a commission in the US Army. He was one of the first officers assigned to the Allied Forces Headquarters in London and served on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff for the invasion of North Africa. In 1943, he was a Colonel in command of the 63rd Signal Battalion in Salerno and Anzio, Italy. After the war, he remained in the Army as assistant director of plans and operations for the Signal Corps at the Pentagon. From 1955 to 1958, he was legal adviser to the Army Chemical Corps and in 1959, was assigned to Sandia Base in Albuquerque as staff judge advocate. He became an associate professor of law at West Point in 1960, named head of the law department in 1963 and retired a Brigadier General from West Point in 1977.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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