member of the Military Intelligence Board, and President of the War Department Reorganization Board from November 15, 1945, until April 4, 1946. He retired from the army with a physical disability on November 30, 1946. On August 4, 1954, he was promoted to full general on the retired list by a special Act of Congress that advanced officers who had commanded armies or the equivalent to that rank. After retirement, Simpson lived and worked in the San Antonio, Texas, area. He was a member of the board of directors of the Alamo National Bank, and succeeded General Walter Krueger as the member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of San Antonio. He was also chairman of the board of the Alamo chapter of the Association of the United States Army, and spearheaded a drive to raise $750,000 for the construction of the Santa Rosa Children's Hospital. His wife Ruth died in 1971, and soon thereafter, Simpson moved into the Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio, where he was very popular with the staff. He suffered from phlebitis and neuritis, and was generally confined to his room. In 1978, at the age of 90, he met Catherine Louise (Kay) Berman, a retired civil-service worker from a military family 33 years his junior, and the two were married on April 9, 1978. They moved out of the Menger Hotel and into a home they built in Windcrest, Texas. Simpson died in the Brooke Army Medical Center on August 15, 1980, and was buried alongside his first wife Ruth in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Military decorations Dates of rank Notes References External links Photos of William Hood Simpson, hosted by the Portal to Texas History United States Army Officers 1939–1945 Generals of World War II |- |- |- |- |- |- 1888 births 1980 deaths Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military personnel from Texas People from Weatherford, Texas Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) United States Army Infantry Branch personnel Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni United States Army generals United States Army War College alumni United States Military Academy alumni Pomona College faculty United States Army personnel of