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

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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