Gene &  Georgia Witherspoon
Member since: 2004
Occupations:
Him: US Army Corps of Engineers officer, 1961-1995; Senior Project Manager & VP for International Operations, Engineering Firm, 1995-2003; Engineering Consultant, 2003-
Her: Army Wife and Volunteer, 1966-1995; Real Estate Agent, NC 1988 & LA 2000-2003
Hobbies:
His: Golf, reading, travel
Hers: Golf, reading, travel, needlework, crosswords
Family: No children but many spoiled (by Georgia) nieces, nephews, and grand nieces. Brother in Hilton Head Island. Georgia has sister in Alexandria, VA.
Honors: President, Mississippi River Commission (Presidential appointment/Senate confirmation; 1993-1995)
Hometowns:
His: Sumter, SC
Hers: Atherton, CA (near Palo Alto)
Colleges:
Him: United States Military Academy, BS Military Science 1961 & Arizona State University, MS Civil Engineering 1966.
Her: Stephens College, Fine Arts & Arizona State University, BA Art Education 1967
Military Service: 34 years in US Army Corps of Engineers, retired as Brigadier General 1995; Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (4), Bronze Star (2), Meritorious Service Medal (2), Army Commendation Medal, and Navy Commendation Medal.
Served two tours in Vietnam. First tour (1966-1967) assigned to Combat Engineer Group providing engineer support to 1^st Air Cavalry Division and 4^th Infantry Division. Second tour (1970-1971) I was Operations Officer for Construction Engineer Group building roads in II Corps area.

Commanded the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Transatlantic Division that entered Kuwait just after the Gulf War I to restore the infrastructure damaged by the Iraqis and the coalition forces. Previously commanded an Engineer District in 1984 that constructed King Khalid Military City near the Iraq/Kuwait border. It became a major supply base and jumping off point for the first Gulf War. This $8 billion project was one of many military facilities funded by the Saudi Ministry of Defence and Aviation and designed/constructed by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Besides Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, other overseas assignments included Munich, Germany; Liverpool, Australia (near Sydney), and Fort Shafter, Hawaii; and in the continental US, atFort Belvoir, VA; West Point, NY; Fort Leavenworth, KS; Port Hueneme, CA; Vicksburg, MS; Newport, RI; New Orleans, LA; Fort Bragg, NC; Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Omaha, NE; Winchester, VA; and finally, Vicksburg again.