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Andrew Davis Bruce

United States Army general

Died when: 74 years 317 days (898 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Andrew Davis Bruce

Lieutenant General Andrew Davis Bruce (September 14, 1894 – July 28, 1969) was an American academic and soldier who served as the third president of the University of Houston.

He retired from the United States Army in 1954 as a lieutenant general after seeing action in both World War I and World War II and founding Fort Hood, Texas.

Three countries, France, the Philippines, and the United States, awarded him service medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S.

Army's second highest military decoration.Bruce is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.


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