recipient, Civil War Robert W. Cary, University of Missouri, 1912 – Medal of Honor recipient, peacetime; Distinguished Service Cross, World War I Frederick Funston, University of Kansas, 1890 – Medal of Honor recipient, Philippine–American War Robert Hampton Gray, University of British Columbia, 1940 – Victoria Cross recipient, World War II Alexander R. Skinker, Washington University in St. Louis, 1905 – Medal of Honor recipient, World War I Leon Vance, University of Oklahoma, 1937 – Medal of Honor recipient, World War II Prominent military personnel Jacob Ammen, Indiana University, 1830 – general, Union Army, Civil War David Enoch Beam, Indiana University, 1860 - captain, Union Army, Civil War William Montague Browne, University of Georgia, 1843 – general, secretary of state, Confederate States of America Arthur S. Champeny, Washburn University – brigadier general; only person in US history to receive the Distinguished Service Cross in three separate wars John K. Davis, University of New Mexico, 1951 – assistant commandant, Marine Corps 1983–86 Louis R. de Steiguer, Ohio University, 1887 – admiral; commander in chief, Battle Fleet, US Fleet, 1927–1928 Julian J. Ewell, Duke University, 1936 – United States Army lieutenant general; Commander of Operation Speedy Express; commander of the 9th US Infantry Division Robert L. Ghormley, University of Idaho, 1903 – commander of all forces during the Guadalcanal campaign in WWII Arthur F. Gorham, Miami University, circa 1932 (uninitiated, transferred to West Point) – lieutenant colonel; commander, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment during Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily; twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross Leonard D. Heaton, Denison College, 1923 – US major general Surgeon General Charles Horner, University of Iowa, 1958 – commander of NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command; Commander of Allied Air Force for Desert Storm Edgar Jadwin, Lafayette College, 1888 – lieutenant general, chief of engineers 1926–1929 David E. Jeremiah, University of Oregon, 1955 – admiral, acting chairman Joint Chief of Staffs, October 1993 Edward P. King, University of Georgia, 1903 – major general, commanding officer, Bataan, World War II Eli Long, Indiana University, 1855 – major general, Union Army, Civil War John S. McCain, Sr., University of Mississippi, 1905 – vice admiral and commander of all land-based naval aircraft in the South Pacific, World War II Scott O'Grady, University of Washington, 1988 – USAF captain shot down over Bosnia, rescued six days later Edwin D. Patrick, Indiana University, 1916 – major general, commander of the