Cedric T. Wins | |
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15th Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute | |
Assumed office November 13, 2020 Interim: November 13, 2020 – April 15, 2021 | |
Preceded by | J. H. Binford Peay III |
Personal details | |
Born | Cedric Terry Wins Hyattsville, Maryland, U.S. |
Education | Virginia Military Institute National War College Florida Tech |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1985–2019 |
Rank | Major general |
Cedric Terry Wins[1] is a retired U.S. Army general officer. Major General Wins was the last commander of RDECOM, in the U.S. Army Materiel Command, and the first commanding general (CG) of Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), in the combat development element of U.S. Army Futures Command. In all, some 13,000 people work in some Science and Technology (S&T), or (RDT&E— research, development, test, and evaluation) capacity for DEVCOM.[2]
On November 13, 2020, Wins was appointed interim superintendent of Virginia Military Institute.[3] On April 15, 2021, the VMI Board of Visitors voted unanimously to appoint him as the Institute's 15th superintendent, the first African American to hold the position in the Institute’s 181-year old history.[4]