| 词条 | Calvin Waller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Calvin Waller | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = LieutenantGeneralCalvinAHWallerUSArmy.png | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|12|17}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|05|09|1937|12|17}} | birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | placeofburial = Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = Calvin Augustine Hoffman Waller | allegiance = {{flagu|United States|1960|size=23px}} | branch = {{Army|United States|size=23px}} | serviceyears = 1959–1991 | rank = {{Dodseal|USAO9-2015|25}} Lieutenant general | servicenumber = | unit = V Corps 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized) 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) | commands = I Corps | battles = Persian Gulf War Vietnam War | battles_label = | awards = Army Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Bronze Star Medal (2) Meritorious Service Medal (4) Air Medal Army Commendation Medal | relations = | laterwork = RKK Limited ICF Kaiser Environmental and Energy | signature = | website = }} Calvin Augustine Hoffman Waller (December 17, 1937 – May 9, 1996) was a United States Army officer. Early life and educationWaller was born to an African American family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on December 17, 1937. He graduated from Prairie View A&M University in 1959 with a bachelor's degree and from Shippensburg College of Pennsylvania with a master's degree in public administration in 1978.[1] CareerWaller spent 32 years in the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War. Waller held a variety of staff and command positions which included: Chief of Staff, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia; Commanding General, 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized), V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army. Persian Gulf WarWaller was the deputy commander-in-chief for military operations with United States Central Command (Forward), during the Persian Gulf War. Fort Lewis and retirementWaller's last duty assignment was as Commanding General, I Corps at Fort Lewis, Washington, before he retired from the military at the rank of Lieutenant General, on November 30, 1991. Position on "Don't Ask Don't Tell"Waller was vehemently opposed to allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the United States Armed Forces. During the 1993 U.S. Senate hearings on allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the United States military, Waller vigorously opposed it. He declared that "to compare [his] service in American's armed forces with the integration of avowed homosexuals is personally offensive."[2] Later life and deathAfter retiring from the military, Waller moved to Denver, Colorado and served as the president and chief executive officer of an environmental technology company, RKK Limited. He then became the senior vice president for the Department of Energy Programs for the ICF Kaiser Environmental and Energy Group. In July 1995, Waller became the Kaiser-Hill vice president for site operations and integration at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. Waller died in Washington, D.C. on May 9, 1996, at the age of 58, due to complications from a heart attack. Upon learning of his death, U.S. President Bill Clinton said, "His rise from humble beginnings to one of the highest-ranking African American officers in the U.S. military through stalwart determination and a record of excellence served as an inspiration to minority and non-minority officers." Clinton also cited Waller's reputation as a "skillful and disciplined professional and a caring, enthusiastic commander." Awards and decorations
Waller's civic awards include the Martin Luther King Jr. "Buffalo Soldier" Award from the Congress of Racial Equality, the Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award from the NAACP and the "Star of Texas" award from the state of Texas. References1. ^{{cite web|title=Calvin Waller, Gulf War General, Dies -- Served As Commanding General At Fort Lewis|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960510&slug=2328502|work=Seattle Times|accessdate=February 23, 2013|date=May 10, 1996|author=Associated Press}} 2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=am37yVCaQXAC&pg=PA647&lpg=PA647&dq=calvin+waller+personally+offensive&source=web&ots=XsG4us-BKo&sig=mxdPvX8psZoqpub3RF9ZKSZRIU0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA647,M1] (The Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics), Gross and James Woods, editors, Accessed December 1, 2008 External links
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