General Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (Ret.)
is Senior Fellow, Eisenhower Institute, and Chairman Emeritus
of the George C. Marshall Foundation. General Goodpaster
graduated from the United States Military Academy at West
Point in 1939 and was Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison
Officer to President Eisenhower from 1954 until 1961.
Subsequently, General Goodpaster served in Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe; as Commander of a U.S. Division
in Germany; Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff; Director of the Joint Staff; Commandant of the
National War College; Deputy Commander of U.S. Forces
in Vietnam; Commander-in-Chief, United States European
Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He assisted
President Nixon in organizing his administration for the
conduct of foreign policy and international security affairs.
After retiring in 1974, General Goodpaster became a Senior
Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, Smithsonian Institution, and assistant to Vice
President Rockefeller on the Commission of the Organization
of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy. He
was recalled to active duty as the 51st Superintendent
of the U.S. Military Academy in 1977, serving until 1981.He
has been awarded the U.S. Medal of Freedom as well as
military decorations including the DSC; the Defense DSM
with Oak Leaf Cluster; the Army DSM with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters;
the Navy and Air Force DSM's; the Silver Star; the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Clusters; and many foreign awards.
He is the author of For the Common Defense, published
in 1977. He attended Princeton University, where he received
M.S.E., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in International Relations.
