Alonzo Short

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Alonzo Short
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Born (1939-01-27) January 27, 1939 (age 85)
Greenville, North Carolina, U.S.
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1962–1994
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands Defense Information Systems Agency
U.S. Army Information Systems Command
U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command
U.S. Army Information Systems Management Activity
Awards Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal (2)
Meritorious Service Medal (2)

Alonzo Earl Short Jr. (born January 27, 1939) [1] is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. [2]

Born in North Carolina, Short grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia and attended I. C. Norcom High School. He graduated from Virginia State College with a B.S. degree in education in 1962. Short later earned a master's degree in business management from the New York Institute of Technology. [3] [4]

Short was commissioned through the Army ROTC program. After several Army Signal Corps assignments, he served as executive officer of a signal battalion in Europe. Short was then sent to South Vietnam in 1967 and again in 1972. [3] [4]

As a brigadier general, Short served as commander of U.S. Army Information Systems Management Activity (ISMA) at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. In July 1986, he became deputy commander of the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command (ISEC) and then assumed command in September 1987. Promoted to major general in September 1988, Short was made deputy commander of the U.S. Army Information Systems Command. [3]

Promoted to lieutenant general in June 1990, Short became the commanding officer of the Information Systems Command. After that, he served as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency from August 1991 to July 1994. [3]

Short has been conferred honorary doctorates by Charles H. Mason University in San Diego and by his alma mater Virginia State University. [3]

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  1. ↑ Greene, Robert Ewell (1991). Black Defenders of the Persian Gulf War: Desert Shield-Desert Storm : A Reference and Pictorial History. R.E. Greene Publishing Company. ISBN   9780945733058.
  2. ↑ "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. February 1998.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "US Black Engineer & IT". 1994. p. 64. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. 1 2 "Alonzo Earl Short, Jr. (?- ) •". 4 July 2018.


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