Mark Quander

{{short description|U.S. Army general}}

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| honorific_prefix = Major General

| name = Mark Quander

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| image = MG Mark C. Quander (2).jpg

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| caption = Official portrait, 2024

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}}{{cite web|url=https://www.havenews.com/news/20200404/myron-b-pitts-former-71st-student-makes-military-history-with-rise-to-general|title=Myron B. Pitts: Former 71st student makes military history with rise to general|date=2020-04-04|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Havelock news}}

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| allegiance = United States of America

| branch = United States Army

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| serviceyears = 1995{{ndash}}present

| rank = Major General

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• Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
• Commandant of Cadets of the United States Military Academy
• Transatlantic Division, United States Army Corps of Engineers
• United States Army Engineer School

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| awards = {{ubl|Army Distinguished Service Medal|Legion of Merit (4)|Bronze Star Medal (3)}}

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• United States Military Academy (BS)
• Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS)
• Georgetown University (MA)

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| spouse = {{marriage|LTC (ret.) Melonie Quander|2000}}{{cite web|url=https://www.whs.mil/News/News-Display/Article/2086061/engineer-school-commandants-promotion-makes-american-history/|title=Engineer School Commandant's promotion makes American History|date=2020-02-18}}

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• MG Leo A. Brooks Sr. (uncle)
• GEN Vincent K. Brooks (cousin)
• BG Leo A. Brooks Jr. (cousin)

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Mark Christopher Quander{{cite web|url=https://www.westpointaog.org/FindaGradDisplay?reid=p3DIlcU6HKTIb%2f4Iu2myDg%3d%3d&bbsys=0&bbrt=0&chid=252|title=Mark Christopher Quander|access-date=2021-06-29|website=West Point Association of Graduates}} (born 1974) is a United States Army major general who serves as the commanding general of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division since June 30, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3301827/general-officer-assignments/|title=General Officer Assignments|date=2023-02-17|website=U.S. Department of Defense}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lrd.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/3446621/mark-c-quander-assumes-command-of-us-army-corps-of-engineers-great-lakes-and-oh/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701170026/https://www.lrd.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/3446621/mark-c-quander-assumes-command-of-us-army-corps-of-engineers-great-lakes-and-oh/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2023|title=Mark C. Quander Assumes Command of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division|date=2023-06-30|access-date=2023-07-02|website=Great Lakes and Ohio River Division}} He most recently served as the 79th Commandant of Cadets of the United States Military Academy from May 2021 to June 2023. He previously served as the 98th Commandant of the United States Army Engineer School from July 2019 to May 2021 and commander of the Transatlantic Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers from May 2018 to July 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.westpoint.edu/military/commandant/biography|title=Commandant's Biography|access-date=2021-05-31}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-10657/markc-quander|title=Brigadier General Mark C. Quander (USA)|access-date=2021-05-31}}{{cite web|first=Joan|last=Kibler|url=https://www.tad.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/1541317/quander-assumes-command-of-the-transatlantic-division/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215012/https://www.tad.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/1541317/quander-assumes-command-of-the-transatlantic-division/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2021|title=Quander assumes command of the Transatlantic Division|date=2018-06-05|access-date=2021-05-31|website=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers}}{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/224126/engineer_school_welcomes_quander_as_new_commandant|title=Engineer School welcomes Quander as new commandant|date=2019-07-03|access-date=2021-06-29|website=U.S. Army}}

He also is a member of the historic Quander family, a family of African Americans with their ancestor having been brought to America sometime in the late 17th century.