Pat Foote

Pat Foote (* May 19th, 1930 in Durham, North Carolina) is a retired US Army Brigadier General. She served from 1959 to 1989, rising to the rank of brigadier general in 1986, and holds many firsts for women in the U.S. Army.

Early life and education

Brigadier General Evelyn Patricia "Pat" Foote was born in Durham, North Carolina on 19 May 1930. Her parents, Evelyn Sidena Womack Foote and Henry Alexander Foote senior, both worked for the American Tobacco Company while Foote was a child. In 1945, the Foote family moved to Washington, D.C., and Pat Foote graduated from Central High School in 1947. She attended Wake Forest University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology in 1953. Foote also holds a Masters of Science degree in Public Administration and Government from Shippensburg University, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Wake Forest University. She is also a 1980 graduate of the Executive Program of the University of Virginia and a 1985 graduate of the Center for Creative Leadership. Her military education includes completion of the Women's Army Corps Officer Basic Course, the Adjutant General Corps Officer Advanced Course, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College.

Command and Staff Positions

She held a variety of command and staff positions culminating in her assignment as Commanding General of Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Immediately prior, she was Deputy Inspector General...
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