LTG Richard A. Chilcoat USA (Retired)

Cullum: 25103

Class: '64

Cadet Company: E1

Date of Birth: September 16, 1938

Date of Death: March 16, 2010 - View or Post a Eulogy

Lieutenant General Richard A. Chilcoat received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.

His accomplishments include:

Combat tours in Vietnam
Commandant of the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks in July 1994
Deputy Commanding General, Ft. Jackson, SC.
Director, Strategy, Plans and Policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, United States Army, Washington, DC
Executive Assistant to General Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Staff, 3d Infantry Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army
Commander, Devil Troop Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, Ft. Polk, LA
Speechwriter to General John A. Wickham, Jr., the Chief of Staff, United States Army, Washington, DC
He was the 43rd Commandant of the Army War College from 1994 to 1997.
He was appointed the 9th President of the National Defense University from 1997 to 2000.
On September 1st, 2000, he retired from the United States Army after 42 years of active military service and was appointed as the 9th president of the National Defense University by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In 2001, he was named Dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, at Texas A&M University .
In January 2001 to February 2002, he directed and facilitated the Army Strategic Leadership Course for Army general officers.

His service awards were the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.

He is survived by his wife Mrs. Dixie Chilcoat, and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.