Samuel V. Wilson

Lieutenant General Samuel Vaughan Wilson (September 23, 1923 – June 10, 2017), aka "General Sam", was an American military person. He served as President of Hampden-Sydney College from 1992 through 2000 and as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from May 1976 through August 1977. He was born in Rice, Virginia.

Wilson died from lung cancer on June 10, 2017 at the age of 93.

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Other websites
 Source material not otherwise credited or linked in this article was compiled in part from www.pamplin.net , Joe Galloway's January 7, 2004 article "General Sam, We Hardly Know Ye" available at www.military.com, the 1962 Counterinsurgency Symposium hosted by the Rand Corporation, available at www.rand.org, and www.IMDb.com.
 http://www.dia.mil/history/histories/Directors/bio_swilson.html 

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