Graduated: Louisville Central High School, 1933. R.O.T.C., Wilberforce University, 1933-1937. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant O.R.C., July 23, 1937. B.S., Wilberforce University, June, 1937. Graduate work at Columbia University 1937-311: Political Science, New York University, 1939-40. Promoted to 1st Lieu- tenant, August 23. 1940. Ordered to active duty with 316th Infantry, February 28, 1941.

The public high schools in Washington, DC have a kind of Junior ROTC, with one or more regiments assigned to each school. When I attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in the 1960s, Lt. Col. Frank Talley, US Army Ret., was the commandant. Col. Talley and Col. Hamilton, my 10th grade home-room teacher, were but two of the numerous people with whom I had to interact on a daily basis who had known my parents since before I was born.