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Lincoln University Dream Recipient
Washington, DC Chapter - Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni Members
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George E. Lovelace, is a native of Evansville, Indiana and
graduated from Lincoln High School. He received honors in Physics, earned
four letters in varsity baseball, and was honored for being selected as
Mayor of the City of Evansville for a day. George enrolled in Lincoln
University in the fall of 1954. He immediately came under the tutelage of
Mr. Silas Garrett a professor in the Physics Department. George, as a
student assistant, was employed by the department to teach Physics 101 and
laboratory courses. He enrolled in the Army ROTC program. Membership in the
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and the Kappa representative to the Pan Hellenic
Council, rounded out his activities.
George graduated from Lincoln in 1958 with a
B.S. Degree in Physics and an appointment in the US Army Reserves with the
rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Defense Artillery Corps.
In addition to a tour of duty in Vietnam as a Company Commander, his
experience transcended a continuum of Communication-Electronic areas. With
the DCA, he performed duties as Chief of the CONUS AUTOVON Branch, and Chief
engineer for the Middle East and African Region in DCA-Europe, stationed in
Turkey. On the Army staff in the Pentagon he developed policy, goals, and
requirements for new hardware for Army telecommunications. On the Joint
Staff, J-6, coordinated U.S. policy positions for NATO matters and was the
U.S. Representative to NATO policy panels, visiting many foreign countries.
He attended the Command and General Staff College, and obtained a M.S.
degree in Telecommunications Management from George Washington University,
in D.C. He completed 20 years of military service, retiring as a Regular
Army Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Signal Corps.
Upon military retirement,
he held management positions with CSC, Boeing, EDS and the GSA. He is
currently an IT Consultant. George became active in politics, in the town
of Vienna, Virginia. In 1976, he co-founded the Malcolm-Windover Heights
Civic Association and was president until 1980. He subsequently served in
appointed positions as Chairman of the Vienna Planning Commission and a
member of the Virginia Regional Planning Commission. In 1982, he ran for
and was elected to serve on the Vienna Town Council. During the period of
1984, George was honored to be listed in the Who’s Who of Black Elected
Officials. After being elected to seven terms in Vienna, he resigned in
1996 and ran for and was elected to a term in the Virginia House of
Delegates, becoming the first African American to represent Northern
Virginia since Reconstruction. Presently, he serves on the Fairfax County
Small Business Commission. George and his wife, Donalda, live in Vienna, VA
and have two daughters. The oldest, Dr. Dawn Klemann, resides in Richmond,
VA with her husband and daughter. Donalda Lee , the youngest, is
currently a sophomore attending Dillard University in New Orleans. |
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