Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson
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general (
ret.), U.S. Army (b. Feb. 12, 1915, Granite City, Ill.—d. May 16, 2005, Washington, D.C.), wielded great influence during a lengthy military career in which he served as a presidential adviser (1954–61), most notably to Dwight D. Eisenhower; commander (1969–74) of NATO forces in Europe; and superintendent (1977–81) of the United States Military Academy at West Point following a cheating scandal. Goodpaster, a four-star general, also wrote several books and was involved with institutions that studied foreign and domestic policy. In 1984 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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