Posted by xxxxxxx on January 28, 2003:

George Alvis Swearengen Army Colonel George Alvis Swearengen, 76, a retired Army colonel and former comptroller at Schnabel Engineering in Bethesda, died Dec. 9 at the Johnson Center of Falcon's Landing. He had Alzheimer's disease. Col. Swearengen, who was born in Oakland, Miss., graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1948. He received a master's degree in business administration from the University of Alabama and a master's degree in systems administration from George Washington University. He began his military career with the 16th Infantry Regiment in Nuremberg, Germany, from 1949 to 1952. He then served as an ROTC instructor at the University of Denver, followed by an assignment in South Korea. In 1968 and 1969, he served in Vietnam as an adviser. In Washington, he twice served at the Pentagon, first in the office of the assistant chief of staff for intelligence and later in the office of an assistant secretary of defense. He retired from active military duty in 1972, settled in Arlington and worked about 15 years for Schnabel Engineering before retiring again in 1993. His military decorations included a Legion of Merit. A daughter, Susan Powell, died in 1994. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Imogene Swearengen of Arlington; a daughter, Phyllis Swearengen of Durham, N.C.; a brother; a granddaughter; and two great-grandchildren.

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