Engineer Memoirs
military, retired and
and to broaden understanding within the U.S. Army. An excellent
asset.
Now I can ask a question: "What is left to discuss?"
Q ..
That is about it, unless you have something more.
There are two final thoughts:
A
First, my entire career has been blessed with good fortune and great assistance from
outstanding men and women. None was more important and supportive than my immediate
family. My wife, Gerry, was 100 percent devoted to helping me during more than 37 years of
Army duties, and our two children, Susan and John, were more interested and involved than
I realized at the time. The three of them not only allowed me to focus my attention on the work
of the Army, but encouraged it.
Now, in closing, a final word about the Corps. We read a great deal about leadership-both
corporate and military. The libraries are full of publications on the subject. The students of
organizational effectiveness need look no further than the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for
the best example of an agency which has served the U.S. Army, the United States, and the
world with great success and effectiveness for 200 years. Its personnel make it so and will
keep it so.
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