George C. Marshall

George C. Marshall. V.M.I. Class of 1901. , General of the Army George Catlett Marshall was born December 31, 1880, at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 as First Captain of the Corps of Cadets, he spent fifty years in the active service of his country. He died October 16, 1959, at Washington, D.C., and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. , Chief of Staff, United States Army , 1939 – 1945, Secretary of State , 1947 – 1949, President, American Red Cross , 1949 – 1950, Secretary of Defense , 1950 – 1051, Nobel Prize for Peace , 1953, VMI Board of Visitors , 1946 – 1954. , “He is a great American, but he is far more than that. In war he was as wise and understanding in counsel as he was resolute in action. In peace he was the architect who planned the restoration of our battered European economy and, at the same time, laboured tirelessly to establish a system of Western Defence. He has always fought victoriously against defeatism, discouragement and disillusion. Succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget his achievements and his example.”- - Winston S. Churchill , July 30, 1958, This memorial was presented by the alumni of the , Virginia Military Institute, [ Lower Marker : ] , Placed in , recognition of the , 100th Anniversary of , George C. Marshall’s , Graduation from VMI , May 2001.