Background
Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson was born on February 12, 1915 in Granite City, Illinois, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Teresa Mary (Mrovka) Goodpaster.
Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson was born on February 12, 1915 in Granite City, Illinois, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Teresa Mary (Mrovka) Goodpaster.
Student, McKendree College, 1933. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1939. Master of Science in Engineering, Princeton University, 1949.
Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations, Princeton University, 1950.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, C.E. United States Army, 1939, advanced through grades to general, 1968. Commanding officer 48th Engineer Combat Battalion, World World War II. Strategic and policy staff duty War Department General Staff, 1944-1947.
Member Joint Advisory Study Committee, 1950. Special staff assistant Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe, 1950-1954. District engineer C.E. San Francisco, 1954.
Defense liaison officer and staff secretary to President United States, 1954-1961. Assistant division Commander 3d Infantry Division, 1961. Division Commander 8th Infantry Division, 1961-1962.
Assistant to chairman Joint Chiefs Staff, 1962-1966. Director Joint Staff, 1966-1967. Director special studies Office Chief of Staff United States Army, 1967.
Senior United States Army member military staff committee United Nations, 1966-1968. Commandant National War College, 1967-1968. Member United States Delaware Paris negotiations with N.Vietnam, 1968.
Deputy Commander United States forces in Vietnam, 1968-1969. Commander-in-chief United States forces, Europe, supreme allied Commander, 1969-1974. Retired, 1974; recalled, 1977-1981.
Superintendent United States Military Academy, 1977-1981, retired, 1981. Chairman American Battle Monuments Commission, 1985-1990. President Institute Defense Analyses, 1983-1985, trustee, 1981-1989.
Senior fellow security and strategic studies Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars, 1975—1976. Professor government and international studies The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1976—1977. Chairman advisory board Eisenhower Institute.
Chairman Atlantic Council United States, 1985—1997.
Chairman George C. Marshall Found.1993, 2000. Member numerous advisory groups strategy, security, international affairs, management and organization. Special consultant to V.P. of the United States Commission Organization Government Conduct Foreign Policy, 1975.
Fellow: American Academy Arts Sciences. Member: Society of America Military Engineers, Council Foreign Relations, National Academy Public Administration, Army and Navy Club, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Dorothy Dulaney Anderson, August 28, 1939. Children: Susan Dulaney, Anne Morgan.