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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gen. Julius Becton, Jr
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (11 video files (5 hr., 28 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Military officer and federal government administrator General Julius Becton, Jr. was born on June 29, 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1945. Becton earned his B.S. degree in mathematics from Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1960, and his M.A. degree in economics from the University of Maryland in 1966. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College. In November of 1989, the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University System Board of Regents elected him president of his alma mater. A veteran of World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, he served in various positions at home and abroad, retiring in 1983. Becton was appointed by President Reagan as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In 1996, he became superintendent of the Washington, D.C. public schools.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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