Notable Cadet Alumni

Flag Officers
GA Military Veterans Hall of Fame
Ranger Hall of Fame
ROTC Hall of Fame
Other Notable Cadet Alumni

Flag Officers

Rank and Name		UNG Class	Organization
General (Retired) Courtney H. Hodges	Attended North Georgia Agricultural College before transferring to West Point. Hodges was only the second Soldier in the history of the U.S. Army to make his way from private to 4-star general. Served as a battalion commander in WWI earning the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism leading an attack across the Marne River. In WWII, GEN Hodges commanded 1st Army, then 12th Army Group. See the archived image where Cadet Hodges is pictured in the second row on the far left.	1903	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Hughes L. Ash		1932	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Fred W. Collins	Was the XO of 3/8th, 4th Infantry Division during the Normandy Invasion on Utah Beach.	1935	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) George M. Johnson, Jr.	Born in Ft. Valley, GA in 1918. Participated in seven major campaigns as a pilot in WWII. Graduated Air War College in June 1959. Assigned to the Directorate of Military Assistance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, as chief of the Policy and Plans Division, chief of the Control Division, and deputy director of military assistance. In March 1964 he was appointed director of military assistance. In November 1965 was assigned to U.S. Air Forces in Europe as deputy chief of staff for materiel. In July 1968 he became commander of the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Transferred to Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as deputy chief of staff for plans and operations, in February 1972, and became chief of staff in May 1973. He was assigned as chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Italy, in January 1974. Awards included Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, and the French Croix de Guerre. He was a command pilot with more than 6,000 flying hours. Retired on 1 September 1975. Read a June 2018 article from the Davie County Enterprise about MG Johnson going strong at 100.	1938	U.S. Air Force
Major General (Retired) Edward M. Nichols	Deceased. Born in Savannah, GA. Entered Army Air Corps in 1939. Served as a commander of the 344th Bombardment Squadron equipped with B-29 aircraft in Japan; deputy commander for operations of the 106th Bombardment Wing; transitioned to B-47 aircraft; vice commander of the 4081st Strategic Wing in Newfoundland; commanded the 99th Bombardment Wing; and commanded the 57th Air Division. Retired in 1972.	1939	U.S. Air Force
Vice Admiral (Retired) Robert H. Scarborough, Jr.	Graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in 1944. Entered the Coast Guard after four years in the Navy and Merchant Marine. Flag officer assignments included Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District; Chief, Office of Operations, Coast Guard; Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard; and 13th Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.	1941	U.S. Coast Guard
Rear Admiral (Retired) Robert O. Hilton		1945	U.S. Navy
Brigadier General (Retired) Thomas N. Saffold		1947	U.S. Air Force
Brigadier General (Retired) Alton H. Craig		1948	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Ben L. Upchurch, Sr.		1948	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Emory C. Parrish	Attended North Georgia College from June 1946 to June 1947, in pre-engineering and transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in September, 1947. Commissioned as an Army engineer. Served in many Engineer and Transportation positions on active duty and in the USAR and retired as a Major General from the U. S. Army with 33 years of service. His last assignment as a Major General was to command the 81^st Army Reserve Command which consisted of all Army Reserve units in Georgia and Florida; 152 units and 15,000 troops. He retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation with 34 years of service, the last 17 years of this service was as Deputy Commissioner.	1950	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Ben L. Patterson, Jr.	Deceased. Born in Millen, GA. Commissioned USAF and became a fighter pilot. Flew 101 combat missions in Korea in F-51s in 1951-1952. Graduated UGA law school. Commanded the 158th Fighter Squadron in Savannah flying F-84D, F-86L, C-97, and C-124Cs. In 1973, commanded 116th Tactical Fighter Wing at Dobbins AFB, then wing commander flying F-100D, F-105G, F-4D, and F-15A. In 1983, became Commanding General of the Georgia Air National Guard. Died in 2016.	1950	U.S. Air Force
Brigadier General (Retired) James (Jimmy) M. Cook		1951	U.S. Army
General (Retired) William J. Livsey	Born in Clarkston, Georgia in 1931. Commissioned infantry in 1952 from North Georgia College. Served as infantry platoon leader in the Korean War and commanded an infantry battalion in the Vietnam War. Commanded an infantry brigade at Ft. Carson. General officer assignments included assistant division commander for the 4th ID (M); commanding general of the Infantry Center at Ft. Benning; commanding general of the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), US Army Europe; commanding general, VII Corps, US Army Europe; deputy commanding general, United States Army Forces Command; commanding general of the Third United States Army, Fort McPherson; I Corps Chief of Staff in Korea; and Commander-in-Chief, United Nations, 1984-1987.	1952	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Thurman E. Anderson	Born in Glennville, GA. Major assignments included Comptroller, United States Army Forces Command, Atlanta, 1978-1980; Commanding General, 2d Armored Division, Garlstedt, Federal Republic Germany, 1980-1982; and Commanding General, 3d Armored Division, Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1982-1984.	1953	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Grail L. Brookshire	Awarded the silver star in 1970 near Snoul, Cambodia while serving as commander, 2d Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.	1953	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Josiah Blasingame, Jr.	Deceased. Born in Walton County, Georgia, raised in Jersey and attended Monroe High School. At North Georgia College he majored in physics and graduated cum laude in 1954. In his senior year he was the Commander of the Corps of Cadets and a Distinguished Military Student. He was commissioned regular army in the Signal Corps and assigned three separate times to the 3rd Armored Division in Europe, serving as platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander and brigade commander. Schooling included a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston (1963), Command and General Staff College (1967), and the US Army War College (1974). Other assignments were in Vietnam, Europe and Washington, D.C. including two with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Josiah completed his career as Commander of the White House Communications Agency under the administrations of Presidents Carter and Reagan (1978-81). Upon leaving the US Army he was Vice President for a satellite communications company in Atlanta which was later purchased by Sprint. He then worked as Group Vice President with National Data Corporation with responsibility for its voice centers throughout the United States and Canada (1983-89). In 1995 he retired to Monroe. After retirement, he was active in the North Georgia College Foundation and was a Trustee Emeritus; president of the North Georgia College & Statue University Alumni Association; on the Board of Directors of the McDaniel-Tichenor House of the Georgia Trust, and active in the Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Monroe, and the Citizen Review Panel for the Juvenile Court of Walton County.	1954	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) John E. Rogers	Deceased. Grayson, GA. Retired United States Army brigadier general, who also retired as executive director at Peper Martin Law Firm in St. Louis and as legal administrator at Turner Broadcasting.	1955	U.S. Army
Lieutenant General (Retired) Burton D. Patrick	LTG Patrick, a native of Thomson, GA, commissioned infantry. Served two combat tours in Vietnam and earned the silver star and four bronze stars, two for valor. Served as assistant division commander of the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; chief U.S. congressional liaison in the Office of the Secretary of the Army; and commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division - the Screaming Eagles. Patrick is a member of the UNG Athletic Hall of Fame, the Army ROTC Hall of Fame, and the UNG Alumni Hall of Fame. He also served on the UNG Foundation Board of Trustees and is a recipient of the UNG Distinguished Alumni Award.	1957	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) William V. Wigley	Deceased. Born in Rome, GA. Commissioned active duty and upon release, served in the Georgia Army National Guard. Career in General Electric Company. Was actively involved in the Employers’ Support of the Guard and Reserve; the Georgia National Guard Youth Challenge Academy; and Boy Scouts.	1957	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Jere H. Akin	Born in Atlanta, GA. Served 33 years. Last assignments included Assistant Commandant of the United States Army Quartermaster School; Assistant Chief of Staff C/J/G-4, Republic of Korea and Eighth United States Army; Director of Plans and Operations in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Logistics at Headquarters, Department of the Army where he had overall staff responsibility for the deployment and sustainment of Army Forces in Desert Shield/Storm. Served on the Alumni Council of North Georgia College for seven years and as president in 2000. Served on the foundation Board of Trustees. Inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame at Ft. Lee, VA in 2003. Designated as a Distinguished Alumni at North Georgia College and State University in 2004.	1959	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Joseph Breedlove		1959	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) William K. McDaniel	Former principal of North Gwinnett High School. Served in the Georgia Army National Guard from 1949 through 1991. Commanded the 48th Brigade in 1983, and served as Georgia’s sixth Assistant Adjutant General-Army from 1987 to 1991.	1959	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) James A. Guest	Born in Elberton, Georgia in 1938. Served 35 years. Commissioned infantry in 1960. Served in the 101^st , Airborne Division, 10^th Special Forces Group, 1^st Cavalry Division, Mountain Ranger Camp, MACV, 7^thSpecial Force Group, and XVIII Airborne Corps. His major assignments included command of the 5^thSpecial Force Group, command of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Commanding General of Army Special Forces Command, and J-3 Director of Operations at the U.S. Special Operations Command. MG Guest had two combat tours in Vietnam. His awards included the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star with; device and two Oak Leaf Clusters.	1960	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Edison E. Scholes	MG Scholes was from McCaysville, GA and commissioned infantry. He is in the Georgia Military Veteran's Hall of Fame for valor. General Scholes' Army career took him from Vietnam, to Deputy Commanding General of XVIII Airborne Corps, and a major NATO command. He served in Infantry, Airborne, Special Forces, and Ranger units, including four combat tours in three conflicts. During one of his combat tours in 1967, then Captain Scholes was the commander of an Airborne company engaged in a combat mission near Bong Son, Republic of Vietnam earning the silver star.	1961	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Jack C. Wheeler	Served for 48 years. In the early 1970’s, was a primary action officer charged with developing plans, policies and incentives to field a volunteer Army. In the early 80’s, was policy chief for developing personnel policy for the enlisted, and later officer corps, to support and sustain a modernized Army. In the mid 80’s, served as the Director of Enlisted Personnel for the Army, and in the latter part of his career, commanded the United States Army Recruiting Command for over four years, including the Desert Shield and Desert Storm period. General Wheeler is a Distinguished Alumni of the University of North Georgia, is a member of the Army Adjutant General Hall of Fame, and has been a steadfast supporter of the Corps of Cadets, including service on the Corps Advisory Council.	1961	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) James E. Livingston	Born in Towns, GA. Earned the Medal of Honor as commander of a Marine company in Vietnam. MG Livingston is in the Georgia Military Veteran's Hall of Fame for valor. As a general, he served as Deputy Director for Operations at the National Military Command Center in Washington, D.C. During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Gen Livingston commanded the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, California and developed the Desert Warfare Training Program. After command of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, he was advanced to major general on July 8, 1991, and assumed command of the 4th Marine Division. In July 1992, he assumed command of the newly created Marine Reserve Force, and continued through its reorganization in October 1994, with its new title, "Marine Forces Reserve".	1961 (NGC 1958-9)	U.S. Marine Corps, Medal of Honor
Major General (Retired) Robert K. Guest	Commissioned infantry. Served two tours in Vietnam as a battalion Operations Officer and MACV advisor in 1966 and 1970. Served as Division Chief with the Defense Attache Office in Laos, in 1975. Graduate of the Naval War College in 1984. Commanded the 101st Division Support Command at Fort Campbell, KY (1987-89); Deputy Commanding General, 21st Theater Army Area Command in Germany when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait; Deputy Commanding General of 22d Theater Army Area Command for Operation Desert Shield; served with the XVIIIth Airborne Corps during Operation Desert Storm. General Guest commanded the 3d Corps Support Command in Wiesbaden, Germany; Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, from 1991 to 1993. Became the 43d Quartermaster General of the Army, then Commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command. He has been described as a Log Warrior second to none, and "the consummate Quartermaster." Inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in 2002.	1963	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Thomas W. Dalton	Deceased. Born in Athens, GA. Assigned to Ft. Campbell, KY and served in Vietnam. Upon return served in the Army Reserve and Georgia Army National Guard. Served as Director of Public Relations & Alumni Affairs at North Georgia College, and named Citizen of the Year for Dahlonega by the Civitan Club in 1975. Chairman of the Dalton Financial Group.	1963	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Marvin E. Mitchiner	Became an Army aviator and flew 3,000 hours, including 1,200 hours in combat in Vietnam, 1966-1967 & 1969-1970. Commanded the 82nd Aviation Battalion for 36 months; was the first Commanding General of the Army Safety Center; and was Chief, Southern NATO Arms Control Team (CFE II). Flew UH-1, OU-13, T-41, T-42, U-8, and the UH60.	1964	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Robert W. Roper		1965	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) James J. Cravens	MG Cravens commissioned air defense. Served in Vietnam March 1970 to March 1971. Retired from the Army after 32 years of active duty. Commanded Air Defense Artillery units at every level culminating with his assignment as the Commanding General, US Army Air Defense Artillery Center and School, Fort Bliss, Texas. He simultaneously served as the Commandant of the Air Defense Artillery School and Chief of Branch. His final military assignment was Chief of Staff, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.	1966	U.S. Army
Lieutenant General (Retired) Henry T. Glisson	Graduated from Osborne High School in Marietta, Georgia. Commissioned Quartermaster. Served in Vietnam in 1966. Served as the 44th Quartermaster General of the Army. Selected as the 13th Director of the Defense Logistics Agency in 1997 and retired from DLA and the Army in 2001. During his time at DLA, Lt. Gen. Glisson oversaw the agency through great changes in technology, processes, and culture. He left a legacy that still reflects his innovative spirit.	1966	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Henry E. Tinley		1966	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Steven E. Blanton	Originally from Atlanta, Georgia. Commissioned transportation corps. Attended flight school and flew Cobra and Apache helicopters. Flew 300 hours in Vietnam. After a nine year break in service, entered the Georgia Army National Guard. Commanded supply and service battalion and regional support group. Led a task force in support of relief operations after Hurricane Katrina. Served as GaARNG Surface Maintenance Manager and retired in August 2008 having served for 31 years in uniform.	1970	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) David L. Grange	Earned three silver stars and two purple hearts with the 101st Airborne's "Lima" Ranger Company in Vietnam. Commanded C Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, which supported the U.S. hostage rescue effort in Iran in 1980. Participated in the Grenada invasion as a member of Delta Force. Participated in Desert Storm as a Delta Force Task Force commander. Commanded the 75th Ranger Regiment. Served as assistant division commander, 3rd Infantry Division in Germany. Commanded 1st Infantry Division and Task Force Eagle in Bosnia. Retired in 1999.	1970	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Phillip M. Mattox	Attended Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia. Commissioned Armor and retired after 31 years. Served in 3rd Infantry Division as an armor company commander. Transferred to quartermaster. Commanded 4th Infantry Division Support Command, and Natick Soldier System Command. Served in numerous staff positions including 3rd Infantry Division logistics officer (G4) during Desert Storm, 3rd Corps G4, and J4 Pacific Command where he served during the East Timor Operation.	1970	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Alan W. Thrasher	Commissioned field artillery. Retired from the Army in 2008 after serving as the Army’s Deputy Inspector General. Prior to that, MG Thrasher commanded the U.S. Army Cadet Command, overseeing all Army ROTC and JROTC programs in the nation.	1972	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) William H. Johnson	Major General Johnson served on active duty and in the USAR for over thirty-eight years, from his commissioning into the Army's armor branch in 1972 from North Georgia College to his retirement in 2010. Prior to his terminal assignment as Chief of Staff, United States Transportation Command, Scott AFB, IL, he held two commands as a General, Commander, 143rd TRANSCOM (FWD), Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Commander, 99th RRC, Coraopolis, PA and prior, commanded at the Company, Battalion and Brigade level. He was also Senior Army Aviator. General Johnson currently serves as an Army Reserve Ambassador, and has devoted much of his time and resources to the Corps of Cadets, most recently serving as chairman of the Corps Advisory Council.	1972	U.S. Army Reserve
Brigadier General (Retired) Robert L. Decker	Born at Fort Bliss, Texas. Commissioned Field Artillery. Commanded 18th Field Artillery Brigade (Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Served as Director of Personnel, J1 and Special Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief of United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Promoted to brigadier general in 1999. Served as Assistant Commanding General, Support, First Armor Division, Germany. Retired from active duty February 1, 2005.	1973	U.S. Army
Lieutenant General (Retired) Randy Mixon	Last two assignments were Commanding General of the 25th Infantry Division and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Pacific. While commanding the 25th, MG Mixon deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and commanded both Task Force Lightning and Multi-National Division North in Iraq. During this time, MG Mixon oversaw heavy fighting in the Diyala province and operations throughout Northern Iraq during the surge of combat operations in 2007.	1975	U.S. Army
Brigadier General (Retired) Timothy D. Livsey	Commissioned infantry. Retired in 2005 after 26 years on active-duty. His military assignments in the offices of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Office of the Secretary of the Army, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Eighth U.S. Army and 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; United States Army Europe, Germany; III Corps and 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; and 4th Training Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.	1978	U.S. Army
Lieutenant General (Retired) James L. Terry	Former Commanding General of the United States Army Central; Commanding General V Corps; Commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command and Deputy Commanding General of the United States Forces Afghanistan.	1978	U.S. Army
Lieutenant General (Retired) William B. Garrett	Former Deputy Commanding General, U.S. European Command; Deputy Commanding General, Army Forces Command; Commanding General, U.S. Army, Africa Command.	1981	U.S. Army
General Stephen J. Townsend	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command	1982	U.S. Army*
Lieutenant General Stephen G. Fogarty	Former Commanding General of Ft. Gordon and the Army Cyber Center of Excellence, former Chief of Staff, U.S. Cyber Command, currently commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Command.	1983	U.S. Army*
Brigadier General (Retired) Timothy B. Britt	Commissioned Military Police. Served as Director of the Joint Staff of the Georgia National Guard; Deputy Commander of CJTF Phoenix VIII in Afghanistan, 2008-2009.	1983	U.S. Army
Major General (Retired) Allan Elliott	Retired from active duty in March 2019 after serving as the U.S. Army Material Command Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Deputy Commanding General for the U.S. Army Reserve. Commissioned infantry, and commanded mechanized and light infantry units in 29th Infantry Regiment and 10th Mountain Division. Served as Deputy Commanding General of the 108th Training Command. Deployed to Iraq in 2006 and Afghanistan in 2013.	1984	U.S. Army Reserve
Brigadier General Ron Stephens	Commanding General, Regional Health Command-Europe/Command Surgeon, United States Europe, Germany.	1986	U.S. Army*
Major General Joseph F. Jarrard	Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe for Army National Guard. Former Adjutant General for the State of Georgia and Commanding General of the Georgia Department of Defense.	1988	U.S. Army*
Major General William K. Gayler	Director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany. Former Commanding General of Ft. Rucker and the Army Aviation Center of Excellence.	1988	U.S. Army*
Major General Paul T. Calvert	Currently Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, Texas.	1988	U.S. Army*
Major General James B. Jarrard	Director of Operations, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.	1988	U.S. Army*
Brigadier General (Retired) Michael L. Scholes	Commissioned armor. Commanded at the company, battalion, and brigade level. Served in numerous joint operational assignments to include Special Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia after serving in the Balkans. General Scholes was the Chief of Staff, Kosovo Forces, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Camp Film City, Pristina, Kosovo in 2014. His mission was to continue to contribute to a safe and secure environment in Kosovo in order to enhance regional stability and to conduct proactive and comprehensive communications in support of the mission. Retired in 2016.	1988	U.S. Army

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GA Military Veterans Hall of Fame

Rank and Name	UNG Class	Date Inducted
Brigadier General (Retired) David L. Grange	1970	November 2013
Colonel (Retired) Ben Purcell	1950	November 2013
Major General (Retired) Everette Livingston, USMC	Attended 1961	November 2014
Colonel (Retired) Ben Malcolm	1950	November 2014
Colonel (Retired) Gerald Lord	1961	November 2015
Colonel (Retired) Robert Powell	1965	November 2015
Major General (Retired) Ed Scholes	1961	November 2015
Lieutenant General (Retired) Burton D. Patrick	1957	November 2016
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Rembert G. Rollison	1966	November 2017
Lieutenant General (Retired) Randaulph "Randy" Mixon	1975	November 2018
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) George Partridge, USAF	Attended 1950-51	November 2018

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Ranger Hall of Fame

Name	UNG Class	Date Inducted
Major General (Retired) Edison Scholes	1961	2007
Colonel (Retired) Robert Powell	1965	2012
Lieutenant Colonel Rembert Rollison	1966	2015
Brigadier General (Retired) David L. Grange	1970	2005

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ROTC Hall of Fame

Name	UNG Class	Year Inducted
Colonel (Ret) James (Tom) T. Palmer	1973	2019
Lieutenant General Burton Patrick	1957	2016
Mr. Bob Mathews	1971	2016

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Other Notable Cadet Alumni

Name	UNG Class	Accomplishments
Eugene Patterson	Attended in 1940	Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1967
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) William H. Mathis	1941	WWII Flying Ace
Dr. Hugh Mills	1943	President of Gainesville State College
Colonel (Retired) Ben Malcom	1950	UNG author, White Tigers
Honorable Tom Murphy	1943	Longest serving Georgia Speaker of House
Colonel (Retired) Ben Purcell	1950	Longest held/ highest-ranking U.S. Army POW held in Vietnam

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