George H. Roderick (February 22, 1900 – February 19, 1982) was an official in the

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during the

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Biography

Roderick was educated at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, where he wrote the music for the 1920 college musical. In the 1950s, Roderick was active in the Rotary Club in

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the second most-populated city in the state after Detroit. Grand Rapids is the ...

."Rotarians in the News", ''The Rotarian'', Dec. 1959, p. 32.
/ref> In 1954, President

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

appointed Roderick

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASA(FM&C)) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army. The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller ...

, with Roderick serving in this post from February 9, 1954, until August 25, 1954. Eisenhower then named Roderick Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil-Military Affairs), and Roderick held this office from August 26, 1954, until February 29, 1957. In 1957, Roderick resumed his former office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), holding this office from March 1, 1957, until January 20, 1961.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roderick, George H. United States Army civilians 1982 deaths University of Michigan alumni 1900 births