Alumni and Awards
VSU ROTC General Officers
Four Star General Officers
Dennis L. Via
1980
Three Star General Officers
Alonzo E. Short, Jr.
1962
Two Star General Officers
Ernest R. Morgan
1952
Leo A. Brooks
1954
W. Montague Winfield
1975
One Star General Officers
Alfred J. Cade
1952
Bert W. Holmes, Jr.
1963
Sheila R. Baxter
1978
BG Charles R. Hamilton
1990
Alfred F. Abramson III
1988
BG William L. Thigpen
1991
BG James S. Moore Jr
1989
Notable Facts
- LTC (Ret) Irene F. Logan, first female commissioned in the ROTC program in 1976.
- COL Sheila R. Baxter, 1978 graduate, is the first female promoted to BG.
- MAJ Ester Sharpe, 1987 graduate, first female from Virginia State University deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Desert Shield
- COL Velma Richardson, Assistant Professor of Military Science '80-'83, first female from the ROTC Staff promoted to BG.
- LTC (Ret) Veronica L. Baker first female to serve as PMS since the program originated in 1947 by LTC (Ret) Robert M. Hendrick, Jr.
- MG Leo A. Brooks is the father of BG (Ret) Leo A. Brooks, Jr. and GEN Vincent K. Brooks, currently the Commander, U.S. Army Pacific.
Awards
- 2000 General Douglas MacArthur Award, Best Battalion US Army Cadet Command, Medium School Category
- 2009 Thurgood Marshall College Fund Outstanding ROTC Program Award
- 2010 Thurgood Marshall College Fund Outstanding ROTC Program Award
- Congressional Medal of Honor
Distinguished Alumni
VSU graduate, 1LT Ruppert Sargent, was the first Black officer in history to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
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