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Fred A. Gorden

1940–

United States

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Fred Augustus Gorden (born February 22, 1940) is a retired major general in the United States Army. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1962 and was the first African-American to serve as Commandant of Cadets. Gorden also earned an M.A. degree in Spanish language and literature from Middlebury College in 1969.

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