Portrait of Major General William Dean
Major General William Dean
(Medal of Honor recipient)

Berkeley ROTC graduates have risen to the highest honors and service to the nation. Major General William F. Dean (class of ’22) as a general officer was awarded the Medal of Honor. Former Secretary of Defense and World Bank President Robert McNamara graduated and was commissioned at Berkeley. Past Army Chief of Staff Frederick Weyand and Chief, Army Reserve, William R. Berkman are both Berkeley graduates. In all, Army ROTC at UCB has produced 17 general officers and thousands of captains of industry.