Andrew Chambers
Andrew Phillip Chambers (June 30, 1931 – June 3, 2017) was a
lieutenant general in the
United States Army. An alumnus of
Howard University, he was a commanding general of the
VII Corps and the
United States Army Central in the 1980s. He received a B.S. degree in physical education from Howard University in 1954 and later earned an M.S. degree in communications from
Shippensburg State College. The then Major General Chambers commanded the
1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, between July 1982 and June 1984. He also was director of the
Army Equal Opportunity Program. His brother,
Lawrence Chambers, an alumnus of the
United States Naval Academy, was a rear admiral in the
United States Navy. He and his brother are the first black siblings to hold flag ranks in the United States Military. After his death, Chambers was interred at
Arlington National Cemetery on October 18, 2017.
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