Lt. General Julius W. Becton, Jr.

Julius W. Becton Jr., a Prairie View A&M University graduate, retired as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army. He later directed FEMA and served as superintendent of the District of Columbia public schools.

• U.S. Army lieutenant general.
• Later FEMA director and D.C. schools superintendent.
• Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1997.