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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley), 1926- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Fort Belvoir, Virginia 2012 August 27.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2013 February 14.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Military officer and federal government administrator General Julius Becton, Jr. was born on June 29, 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1945. Becton earned his B.S. degree in mathematics from Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1960, and his M.A. degree in economics from the University of Maryland in 1966. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College. In November of 1989, the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University System Board of Regents elected him president of his alma mater. A veteran of World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, he served in various positions at home and abroad, retiring in 1983. Becton was appointed by President Reagan as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In 1996, he became superintendent of the Washington, D.C. public schools.
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