Patrick Finnegan
Patrick Finnegan (September 20, 1949 – July 2, 2018)[1] was a United States Army Brigadier General. He served as president of Longwood University from 2010 to 2012. Finnegan served 39 years in the U.S. Army, retiring in 2010 after serving as the 12th Dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Academy. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan, but raised in Baltimore, Maryland.
Finnegan died in Farmville, Virginia on July 2, 2018 from a heart attack, aged 68.[2]
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US Army Airborne basic parachutist badge
- Description* * Issuing from the sinister side of a 2-1/4 inch white square, flat side up, a blue dragon’s head all within a 1/8 inch blue border. (The dragon’s tongue points to dexter base corner.) Immediately above and touching the insignia a blue arc tab 11/16 inch in width, 2 1/2 inches in length containing white letters "AIRBORNE" 5/16 inch in height.Symbolism * The dragon’s head is representative of cunning, endurance and ferocity against enemies and is symbolic of the strategy and powerful attack of the Corps, Also known as the 'Gaggin Dragon'.Background * Originally approved 15 Feb 1944 and subsequently amended to include the Airborne Tab on 1 May 1950.
Judge Advocate General's Corps regimental distinctive insignia.
United States Army Overseas Service Bar
References
- ↑ "Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 3 March 2010. http://www.pressreader.com/usa/richmond-times-dispatch/20100303/282170762312340. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ Longwood University (July 4, 2018). "General Patrick Finnegan, Longwood’s 25th president, passes away". Press release. http://www.longwood.edu/news/2018/patrick-finnegan-obit/. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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