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Lieutenant General Robert Foley, U.S. Army (Retired)
General Foley’s command positions include company command with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam and battalion and brigade command with the 3rd Infantry Division in Germany. He also served as Chief of Staff for the 7th Infantry Division (Light), Fort Ord, California; Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Assistant Division Commander, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; Commandant of Cadets, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; Deputy Commanding General, 2nd United States Army, Fort Gillem, Georgia; and Commanding General of the United States Military District of Washington. Prior to retiring from active duty and assuming the Presidency of Marion Military Institute, General Foley served as the Commanding General, Fifth United States Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. General Foley’s Awards for peacetime and combat include the Congressional Medal of Honor, two Distinguished Service Medals, Defense Superior Service Medal, six Legions of Merit, five Meritorious Service Medals, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He also wears the Parachutist Badge and the Ranger Tab. General Foley and his wife, Julie, have two sons and a daughter. Mark is a Captain in the Air Force assigned as a TALON-II pilot with Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida. David is a Captain in the Army assigned to the Third Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer, Virginia. Sara is a recent graduate of Pepperdine University and is Deputy Director for Development with Volunteers of America in Washington, DC. |
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Lieutenant General Robert F. Foley, United States Army
(Retired) became the fourteenth president of Marion Military Institute on August
30, 2000. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1963 and was
commissioned in the Infantry. General Foley has a Master of Business
Administration Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and has held numerous
command and staff positions throughout 37 years of active service.