BG Roger C. Poole, USAR

Class of 1959

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  • Poole served as Interim President of The Citadel in 1996-1997, and in 2005-2006.
  • Poole received his MBA in 1962, and Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of South Carolina, and did post-doctoral study in international finance at the London School of Economics.  He served as Dean of the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond, and interim dean and associate dean of the graduate School of Business at the University of Richmond.  He also served as Dean at The Citadel in 1993.
  • He is a retired Brigadier General in the US Army Reserves.  His last active duty assignment was Director of Transportation, Troop Support & Energy – Department of The Army Operation Center – Desert Shield/Desert Storm.