- Andrew Goodpaster
Infobox Military Person
name=Andrew Jackson Goodpaster
born= birth date|1915|2|12
died= death date and age|2005|5|16|1915|2|12
caption=Andrew Jackson Goodpaster
nickname=
placeofbirth= Granite City,Illinois
placeofdeath=Washington, D.C.
placeofburial=
allegiance= United States of America
branch=United States Army
serviceyears=1939-1974 1977-1981
rank= General
unit=
commands=Superintendent, United States Military Academy, 1977-1981 Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO ), 1969-1974 8th Infantry Division, 1961-1962
battles=World War II
awards=Distinguished Service Cross Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2)Army Distinguished Service Medal (4)Navy Distinguished Service Medal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Purple Heart (2)Presidential Medal of Freedom (2)
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laterwork=Andrew Jackson Goodpaster (February 12, 1915 in Granite City,
Illinois - May 16, 2005) was a notable American Army General. He served asNATO 's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe from July 1, 1969 and Commander in Chief of theUnited States European Command (CINCEUR) from May 5, 1969 until his retirement December 17, 1974. [ [http://www.nato.int/shape/bios/saceur/goodpaster.htm NATO biography General Goodpaster’s NATO biography] ] CINCEUR is theacronym for Commander of all United States military forces stationed in Europe and the surrounding regions.General Goodpaster returned to service in June 1977 as the 51st Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York until he retired again in July 1981.
Military career
Goodpaster's career in the Army began with a commission to the
Corps of Engineers after his graduation from West Point in 1939, second in his class of 456. After serving inPanama he returned to the U.S. in mid-1942 and, in 1943, attended a wartime course at the Command and General Staff School,Fort Leavenworth , Kansas.During the Second World War, he commanded the 48th Engineer Combat Battalion in North Africa and Italy. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the
Silver Star , and twoPurple Heart s for his service in World War II.General Goodpaster was known as a "soldier-scholar". At
Princeton University he earned an M.S. in Engineering and an M.A. in 1949 and then went on to receive his Ph.D. in International Affairs, also from Princeton, in 1950.Key assignments
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Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to President Eisenhower (1954-1961)
*Advisor to the Administrations of Presidents Johnson (1963-1969), Nixon (1969-1974), and Carter (1977-1981)
*Commander of the San Francisco District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the 8th Infantry Division in Germany (1961-1962)
*Director of the Joint Staff, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1966-1967
*Commandant of theNational War College , 1967-1968
*Deputy Commander of theU.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam , aka MACV (1968-1969)
*Commander-in-Chief of USEUCOM and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces (1969-1974).First retirement
After retiring in 1974, he served as senior
fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and taught at The Citadel. His book, "For the Common Defense" was published in 1978. [Andrew J. Goodpaster. "For the Common Defense". Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books, 1978] He was brought back to active duty as superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy (1977-1981) after a notorious cheating scandal in 1976. Although he had retired with the rank of General (four star), he served as superintendent with the rank of Lieutenant General (three star), since thatbillet carries that rank.econd retirement and later years
In 1981, when Goodpaster retired for the second time, he reverted to the four-star rank.
In his later years, Goodpaster was vocal in advocating the reduction of nuclear weapons. In September 1994, he commented, “Increasingly, nuclear weapons are seen to constitute a nuisance and a danger rather than a benefit or a source of strength.” [ [http://www.gsinstitute.org/dpe/quotes.html Global Security Institute: Quotations by world leaders on the dangers of nuclear arms] ] In 1996, along with General Lee Butler and General
Eugene Carroll , Goodpaster co-authored a statement for theGlobal Security Institute [ [http://www.gsinstitute.org/ Global Security Institute website] ] advocating the complete elimination of nuclear weapons due to their danger and lack of military utility.Awards
*In 1961, [ [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12096&st=Goodpaster&st1= Awarded Meal of Freedom from President Eisenhower] ] President Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded Goodpaster the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work in the position of Staff Secretary to the President of the United States, and as Liaison Officer of the Department of Defense to the White House, 1954-1961, “for distinguished service in a position of grave responsibility.” [ [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12096&st=Goodpaster&st1 Quoted from the Citation Accompanying the Medal of Freedom Presented to General Andrew J. Goodpaster, January 18, 1961] ]
*At General Goodpaster’s first retirement in 1974, PresidentGerald Ford awarded him theDefense Distinguished Service Medal . [ [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4646&st=Goodpaster&st1= President Gerald Ford’s remarks at the retirement ceremony of Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, December 19, 1974] ]
*In 1984, PresidentRonald Reagan awarded Goodpaster thePresidential Medal of Freedom “for his contributions in the field of international affairs.” [ [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39548&st=Goodpaster&st1 Quoted from the announcement of the Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, February 21, 1984] ]
*In 1992, he received the United States Military Academy Association of Graduates’ Distinguished Graduate Award.Publications by Andrew J. Goodpaster
Listed in order of date published, the last is first:
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. and Rossided, Eugene. "Greece's Pivotal Role in World War II and Its Importance to the U.S. Today". Washington, D.C.: American Hellenic Institute Foundation, 2001
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. "When Diplomacy Is Not Enough: Managing Multinational Military Interventions: A Report To The Carnegie Commission On Preventing Deadly Conflict". New York: Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, 1996
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. "Gorbachev and the Future of East-West Security: A Response for the Mid-Term. Atlantic Council of the United States Occasional paper", April 1989
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. et al. "U. S. Policy Toward the Soviet Union. A Long-Term Western Perspective", 1987-2000. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1988
*"National Security and Détente". Foreword by General Andrew J. Goodpaster with contributions by faculty members of the U.S. Army War College. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Apollo Editions, 1987
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. "Strengthening Conventional Deterrence in Europe: A Program for the 1980s". Westview Special Studies in International Security (ISBN 0813370787). Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1985.
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. and Elliot, Lloyd. "Toward a Consensus on Military Service - Report of the Atlantic Council's Working Group on Military Service". Tarrytown, New York: Pergamon Press, 1982.
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. "For the Common Defense". Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 1978
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. "Civil-Military Relations: Studies in defense policy". Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1977
*Goodpaster, Andrew J. and Huntington, Samuel P. "Civil-Military Relations". University of Nebraska Press, Omaha: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington D.C., 1977
*Goodpaster, General Andrew J. "SHAPE and Allied Command Europe In the Service of Peace and Security". 1973.ee also
References
External links
* [http://www.nato.int/shape/bios/saceur/goodpaster.htm General Goodpaster's NATO biography]
* [http://openvault.wgbh.org/wapina/barcode49736goodpaster_12/index.html/ Interview about President Eisenhower] for the WGBH series, [http://openvault.wgbh.org/series/War+and+Peace+in+the+Nuclear+Age/ War and Peace in the Nuclear Age]
* [http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/listofholdingshtml/finding_aids_w.html Records of the White House Office of the Staff Secretary, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library]
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