George H. Roderick
George H. Roderick (February 22, 1900 – February 19, 1982){{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=158087613|title = George Holmes Roderick (1900-1982) - Find a Grave| website=Find a Grave }} was an official in the United States Department of the Army during the Eisenhower Administration.
Biography
Roderick was educated at the University of Michigan, where he wrote the music for the 1920 college musical.[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001305251 "George Did It" library classification]
In the 1950s, Roderick was active in the Rotary Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ITcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22George+H.+Roderick%22+%22assistant+secretary%22&pg=PA32 "Rotarians in the News", The Rotarian, Dec. 1959, p. 32.]
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Roderick Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), with Roderick serving in this post from February 9, 1954, until August 25, 1954.{{Cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/appB.htm |title=James E. Hewes, Jr., From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration (1975), pp. 381-382 |access-date=2011-01-03 |archive-date=2011-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522000828/http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/appB.htm |url-status=dead }} 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.
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Category:United States Army civilians