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Beau Biden, the eldest son of former Senator and Vice President Joe Biden, was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. Following his father’s footsteps, Beau attended his father’s high school alma mater, Archmere Academy, was a member of the same fraternity, Psi Upsilon, at the University of Pennsylvania, and continued to Syracuse University College of Law.

By the height of World War II in 1944, Connor was given a commission in the United States Marine Corps as a Marine air combat intelligence officer, though he mainly worked as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal.

Most notably, in 1995, Dr. John White returned to government at the request of the Clinton Administration and assumed the role of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense in which he served until 1997.

Most notably, President Obama nominated McHugh in 2009 to succeed Pete Geren as the Secretary of the Army. As Secretary, McHugh is responsible for the U.S. Army’s annual budget of over $200 billion, the health and welfare of more than 1.1 million active duty, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve soldiers, and nearly half a million civilian employees and contractors.

A U.S. Navy veteran, John E. Breyer found his passion for science, technology, and education early on in his career.

After his service, John Williams came back to Syracuse to finish his secondary schooling at a Vocational High School in the city. He then attended Syracuse University on the GI Bill where he earned degrees in Journalism and English,

the Army utilized Jack Milton’s prior knowledge of heavy machinery and assigned him to the procurement department, based out of Washington D.C., where he focused on acquiring goods in support of the Korean Wa

A short time later, Hillard Pouncy went on to become a member of the legendary “Tuskegee Airmen,” a group of nearly 1,000 African American pilots and bombardiers trained at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama from 1941 to 1946.

During World War II, Gerald Halpin served four years in a Naval Construction Battalion. After his service in the United States Navy, he spent 15 years with the Atlantic Research Company, focused on the development of manufacturing plants in several states.

Gerald Cramer was accepted to both Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, but ultimately chose Wharton for its one-year program. While in graduate school, however, he received orders to report to Navy Officer Candidate School and left business school to serve his country.