In
Memory of
Major General Frederic E.
Davison
Commander 199th Light Infantry
Brigade
The Washington Post,
Saturday, January 30, 1999; Page B08
Army Maj. Gen. Frederic Davison Dies at 82 Decorated
Veteran of 2 Wars.
Was Also Top Aide to Howard University President .
Frederic Ellis Davison, 82, a retired Army major general
who was a decorated veteran of two wars and an executive
assistant to the president of Howard University, died at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Jan. 24 following surgery
for a kidney ailment.
Gen. Davison lived in Washington and was a native of the
city. He graduated from Dunbar High School and, in 1938,
from Howard University and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army Reserve through the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps.
He also received a master's degree in zoology from
Howard, and during his military career, he received a
master's in international affairs from George Washington
University.
Gen. Davison was called to active duty in the Army in
1941 and served as an infantry officer in Italy in World
War II.
After the war, he served at various posts in the United
States, including Washington, and in Germany and South
Korea. He also graduated from the advanced course at the
Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., the Command and
General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the
Army War College at Carlyle Barracks, Pa..
During the war in Vietnam, Gen. Davison commanded the
199th Light Infantry Brigade during the Tet offensive in
1968. He later commanded the 8th Infantry Division in
Germany. His final assignment before retiring in 1974 was
as commanding general of the Military District of
Washington.
He was executive assistant to the president of Howard
from 1975 until retiring a second time in 1985. At
Howard, he helped streamline computer operations.
He also worked in community development, and he had a
shelter for the homeless named in his honor in
recognition of his work for the homeless.
Gen. Davison's military decorations included two awards
of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit,
the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, the Air
Medal with 19 oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation
Medal and two awards of the Combat Infantry Badge.
He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, the
National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Stoddard
Baptist Home for the Elderly, the U.S. Army Distaff
Foundation, The Rock, which is a military group, and the
199th Light Infantry Brigade Association.
His wife, Jean Brown Davison, died in 1996. Survivors
include four daughters, Jean D. Eubanks of Fairfax,
Andrea D. Roberts of Chicago, Dayle A. Davison of New
York City and Carla M. Davison of Washington; four
grandsons; and a great-grandson.
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