Very much so...but if you knew him well enough, you also knew he was a little geeky.
Loved gadgets of all kinds, which makes me smile, as I can imagine him with all the smart phones and toys we have available now.
He is one of three officers that influenced my career the most...COL David J. Anderson and BG Salvatore P.Chidichomo are the other two.
I visited his grave this past summer at Arlington.
He'd be proud to know he got a prime spot.
As for the "perfumed prince"...he looks good on paper, but he is one of those that spent more time in schools, collecting all the various pins and badges, than in actual work within the specialties he went to the schools for.
In other words, all hat...no cattle.
I did not serve under him and fortunately, did not know him as a young officer.
Had I, I would have snatched a knot in his shavetail ass.
Interesting, thanks.
Yes, I knew GEN Starry in his post-Army career, including when he & other members of the board of Maxwell Labs made a takeover of the company, ousted its CEO, and he became chairman. He successfully led the effort to redirect the company - now Maxwell Technologies - from govt. to commercial markets.
GEN & Mrs. Starry were church & social friends of my parents. My father also was career Army (O-6 / WII), and GEN Starry & he died four months apart. My parents also are interred at ANC.