Donald E. Edwards

Major General Donald E. Edwards (born June 15, 1937) was the Adjutant General of the State of Vermont, serving as the senior uniformed officer in the state and responsible for the organization, training and equipping of nearly 4,000 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard. His position as Adjutant General also included appointment as Inspector General and Quartermaster General, and head of the State Military Department, including the Veterans Affairs office.

Donald Everett Edwards was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont on June 15, 1937. He attended school in Saxtons River, Vermont and graduated from Vermont Academy in 1955. He began his military career as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Armor Branch in 1959 after graduation from Norwich University and completion of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He later became qualified as a Transportation officer, and served with the regular Army until 1971, including deployment to Vietnam. He served in the Army Reserve from 1971 until his appointment as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard in 1981.

Between leaving active duty in 1971 and being appointed Adjutant General in 1981, Edwards was employed as a dealer in fine arts and antiques and an appraiser of real property, antiques and household effects. He also served as a member of Grafton, Vermont’s School Board and Planning Commission as well as the Windham Regional Planning Commission. From 1975 to 1981 he was a Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives.

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