Bernard W. Rogers
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General Bernard William Rogers is a retired American general who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander in Chief, United States European Command from July 1, 1979 to June 26, 1987. He is currently an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford University, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and a Patron Councilor of the Atlantic Council of the U.S.
Rogers was born in Fairview, Kansas. He spent a year at Kansas State University before receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy in 1940, where he was First Captain of the Corps of Cadets. He graduated in June 1943 as a Second Lieutenant of the Infantry. In 1947 after the Second World War he attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1950 (he was later awarded an MA in the same subject).
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