Joseph D. Stewart

Infobox Military Person
name= Joseph D. Stewart
born= Birth date and age|1942|7|9
died=
placeofbirth= Baltimore, Maryland
placeofdeath=
placeofburial=


caption= then Major General Stewart, USMC
nickname=
allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Marine Corps
serviceyears= 1964-1998 (USMC) 1998-Present (USMM)
rank= Major General (USMC) Vice Admiral (USMM)
commands= Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics
unit=
battles=Vietnam War
awards= Navy Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit
laterwork= Superintendant: United States Merchant Marine Academy (1998-Present)

Joseph D. Stewart (born July 9, 1942) is a retired United States Marine Corps major general, who after his retirement from the Marine Corps, was appointed as Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) on August 1, 1998. He now holds the rank of Vice Admiral in the US Maritime Service.

uperintendent of the US Merchant Marine Academy

The ninth person to hold this post since the institution’s dedication in 1943, Vice Admiral Stewart heads a federal academy with a student body of some 920 midshipmen and a waterfront campus covering more than eighty acres. The Academy, operated by the United States Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, is located at Kings Point, New York. It is one of the nation’s prime sources of licensed merchant marine officers and is renowned for its maritime education and training programs. Vice Admiral Stewart retired from the United States Merchant Marine Academy on September 30, 2008

Vice Admiral Stewart earned a Master's degree in Operational Research from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, and a Master’s degree in Management from Salve Regina College and the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

Marine Corps career

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Stewart graduated from the Severn School in 1960 and the United States Naval Academy in 1964and entered the Marine Corps as a second lieutenant. During his thirty-four-year Marine Corps career, he served in a variety of command and staff positions. He has commanded a tank company, a supply battalion, and a defense distribution depot. As a major general, he served as Commander, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia. He has also served as an instructor and athletic coach at the Naval Academy. Stewart served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics at the U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, DC

He held the rank of major general, and retired from the Marine Corps in 1998 and soon after assumed the duties as the Academy Superintendent.

Military awards

Vice Admiral Stewart's personal decorations include:
*Navy Distinguished Service Medal
*Defense Superior Service Medal
*Legion of Merit
*Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal (Two Awards)
*Combat Action Ribbon
*Secretary of Transportation’s Gold Medal

Dates of rank

Marine Corps

*Second Lieutenant: 1964
*First Lieutenant: December 1965
*Captain: March 1967
*Major: January 1974
*Lieutenant Colonel: October 1980
*Colonel: January 1986
*Brigadier General: June 1991 – July 11, 1996
*Major General: August 1993

Maritime Service

*Rear Admiral: August 1, 1998
*Vice Admiral: 2003

ee also

References

*"Original text from [http://www.usmc.mil/genbios2.nsf/biographies/368F63C1ED76253885256A4000718872?opendocument USMC biography] "
*United States Merchant Marine Academy Official Website" [http://www.usmma.edu/admin/leadership/superintendent.htm USMMA biography] "