- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (11 video files (5 hr., 28 min., 58 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Military officer and federal government administrator General Julius Becton, Jr. was born on June 29, 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1945. Becton earned his B.S. degree in mathematics from Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1960, and his M.A. degree in economics from the University of Maryland in 1966. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College. In November of 1989, the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University System Board of Regents elected him president of his alma mater. A veteran of World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, he served in various positions at home and abroad, retiring in 1983. Becton was appointed by President Reagan as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In 1996, he became superintendent of the Washington, D.C. public schools.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
- Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208851
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gen. Julius Becton, Jr.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
052858
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Fort Belvoir, Virginia 2012 August 27.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2013 February 14.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Military Officer.
- Added Author
Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley), 1926-2023, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.