Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Lieutenant General Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S. Army (Ret.). Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA, November 1985 June 1989)

 

Lieutenant General Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S. Army (Ret.), served in the Pacific at the end of World War II. He earned a number of medals in Korea and Vietnam, including the Purple Heart and Silver Star. He also had a long post-military career in which he was the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), president of Prairie View A&M University, and chancellor of the District of Columbia's public schools.


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