Carl E. Vuono
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Carl Edward Vuono, General, US Army, Ret. served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1987 to 1991.
He was born on 18 October 1934 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. He began his career as an artillery officer after graduating from the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. After graduating with the class of 1957, he served three tours in Vietnam and rose through the ranks quickly, mostly serving in the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, in which he eventually became its 4-star commander.
During his military career, he received many military awards and honors including the Army Distinguished Service Medal (with two oak leaf clusters, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star (with Valor device and six oak leaf clusters). He retired from active service in 1991.
After his retirement from the Army, Carl Vuono joined Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI), a private military company, in 1993. [1]. Since 1999 he has served as the CEO of MPRI. L-3 Communications acquired MPRI in June 2000 at which point Vuono was offered a senior management position at L-3 Communitcations. [2]
In 2003, he was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award by the West Point Association of Graduates.
He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration from Shippensburg University.
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| Preceded by John A. Wickham, Jr. |
Chief of Staff of the United States Army 1987–1991 |
Succeeded by Gordon R. Sullivan |
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