BGN James Lawton Collins Jr was the Chief of Military History and thus commanded CMH from 1970 until 1982.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jlcollinsjr.htm
The current building that houses CMH on Fort McNair, DC is officially named “Collins Hall” in his memory, complete with bronze plaque.
The building began as a pair of horse stables built around 1900. The paddock area between them was replaced with a roof and turned into a warehouse in the 1930s. Sometime after WWII and until 1994, one of the stables was the post theater while the other along with the roofed over area was the post commissary. In the late 1990s the building was gutted and renovated with CMH moving into it in 1998, where is has been now for 17 years.
Sorry to hear of his death. Thanks so much for the info.
I love languages too. I speak Spanish fairly well, but can’t seem to drum up the discipline to really learn Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese, though they’re on my list.
Thanks again, and All the Best to You and Yours....