John S. Grinalds
| John S. Grinalds | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Southy Grinalds |
| Born |
January 5, 1938 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
|
| Service/branch |
 United States Marine Corps
|
| Rank |
 Major General
|
| Commands held | Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
| Awards | Silver Star |
| Other work | President of The Citadel |
John Southy Grinalds is a retired United States Marine Corps major general who served as the 18th president of The Citadel.
Grinalds was born on January 5, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland but spent most of his childhood in Macon, Georgia. By the time he graduated from high school, Grinalds had become a class officer, an all-state football player, an honor student and colonel of the Junior ROTC unit.
Grinalds was graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy in 1959, earning a BS degree. He continued his education at Brasenose College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in geography and, once again, graduating with honors. He served as a White House Fellow in 1971 and completed his MBA at Harvard Business School with distinction in 1974.
Serving with the Department of Defense Systems Analysis Office during the late 1960s, Grinalds became a manpower planning analyst—a field in which he developed an expertise used throughout his military service. Grinalds has served abroad in the Mediterranean region, the Panama Canal Zone, Japan, Belgium, and for two tours of duty in Vietnam. During one of those tours, he was awarded a Silver Star for heroism in combat. In 1978, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and became a battalion commander in the Second Marine Division. Oliver North, then a major, served as his operations officer.
From 1982 to 1985, he served as special assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, working in delicate negotiations between NATO and the French military. Because of his outstanding service there, French President François Mitterrand inducted him into the Légion d'honneur, a rare honor for an American colonel.
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