SUNY Cortland Grad Becomes First Female 4-Star General

A 1975 graduate of SUNY Cortland is in the national spotlight after becoming the country's first female four-star Army general.

55-year old Ann Dunwoody received the historic nomination from President George W. Bush in June, and graduated Cortland expecting to someday work in physical education. Instead she stayed in the Army, ascended the ranks, and at her promotion ceremony said she was "humbled" when President Bush gave her the nomination.

Dunwoody was sworn in as commander of the Army Materiel Command on Friday.



Photograph from the Associated Press.


--Eric Raue