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“GENERAL PRICE WAS THE FIRST GRADUATE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY’S ROTC PROGRAM WHO ROSE TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL FROM THE BULLDOG BRIGADE.”
(now University) with a BA degree in physical education and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and Infantry Officer. General Price’s mili-
screen of General Price’s remarkable life. In 2023, SCSU honored him with a black-tie gala event. Together with the Chisholm Foundation in his hometown, SCSU established four ROTC student scholarships in his name. General Price was the first graduate from South Carolina State Uni- versity’s ROTC program who rose to the rank of Brigadier General from the Bulldog Brigade. After his sister, the legendary Leontyne Price, retired from singing on the opera stage in 1985, her brother became her personal manager. He travelled with her through- out the country as she maintained her recital career until she retired from active singing in 1997. He continued to manage all aspects of her career. Brother George B. Price
tary career spanned 27 years of dedicated and distinguished service. He completed Army
Command and General Staff College and earned a master’s degree from Shippensburg State College in 1971. His military assignments included Company Com- mand, Ft Benning, GA; Company L., 179th Infan- try Regiment in Korea; assignment as Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion, 11th Infantry, at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania; PA 15th Ordnance Battalion in Europe; 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, TX; Advisor, 1st Infantry Divi- sion, Vietnamese Army; Commander, 4th Battal- ion (Mechanized), 20th Infantry; 193rd Brigade, at Fort Clayton in the Canal Zone and subsequently was Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Southern Command at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. He has served as a staff officer, Office of the Chief, Reserve Compo- nent, Department of the Army, the Pentagon, and as
a Force Analyst, Officer of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Army. His overseas duty includes Commander, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and concurrently Community Commander, Aschaffenburg. He served as Chief of Staff, 9th Infan- try Division. After being promoted to Brigadier General, he was assigned as the Assistant Division Commander, 1st Armored Division, and concurrently Community Commander, Nurnberg Military Com- munity. He assumed the duties of Chief of Staff, First United States Army, on August 3, 1976. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Purple Heart. He has also been awarded the
Brother Price was the only sibling of legendary opera singer Leontyne Price.
Combat Infan- tryman Badge with Star, the Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab. General Price has worked in the Telecom- munications Industry, Technical Engineering Services, and Consulting Services. He was the Per- sonal Manager of his sister, the Opera Diva, Leontyne Price. Price was instru- mental in stabilizing the Vietnam Veterans Memo- rial’s design from a morass of politics and controversy. That was a pivotal moment for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), a small, but significant contribution on the radar
is survived by twelve grandchildren, sixteen
great-grandchildren, sister Leontyne Price, nephews Joe and George Hunter III, niece Terri Hunter Royster, and brother-in-law Leon- ard Kafka (Sharon). He was predeceased by George Hunter, Jr. and further survived by many close relatives, colleagues, and friends. ♦
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