A retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, Guenther is a 1963 alumnus of the college

McDaniel College has named retired Lt. Gen. Otto J. Guenther as chair of the college’s board of trustees.

A 1963 alumnus, Guenther majored in economics and was a member of the Green Terror Battalion Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at the college. He was also in the College Choir and chaplain of the Gamma Beta Chi fraternity, as well as played intramural sports.

Guenther served in the U.S. Army for 34 years and has received numerous military awards and decorations. In 1995, he became the U.S. Army’s first chief information officer and was the director of Information Systems at the Pentagon until his retirement in 1997.

After retiring from his military career, he became vice president and general manager for the federal division of Computer Associates. He then became general manager and corporate executive vice president of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ Tactical Systems Division.

Since 2006, he has served on the board of trustees at McDaniel College. He has served as vice chair of the buildings and grounds committee and chair of the institutional advancement committee, as well as on the executive committee, enrollment management committee and the student affairs committee. Additionally, he is a member of the Western Maryland College Heritage Society and mentors students in the college’s ROTC program. He received the college’s trustee service award in 1996, the alumni community service award in 2013 and the alumni college service award in 2016.

Currently a resident of both Fairfax Station, Va., and Bradenton, Fla., he is chairman of the board of directors for Widepoint Corporation. He also supports the Lorton Community Action Center and Rising Hope Mission Church.

Guenther replaces Martin K.P. Hill, who has served on the college’s board of trustees since 1993 and as chair since 2007. Hill began his relationship with McDaniel in 1990 when his daughter, Jennifer Hill Bubczyk, a 1993 alumna, transferred to the college.

For more information about McDaniel College, visit www.mcdaniel.edu.

McDaniel College, founded in 1867, is a four-year, independent college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including pre-professional specializations and student-designed majors, and over 20 graduate programs. One of 40 “Colleges That Change Lives,” McDaniel emphasizes experiential learning and student-faculty collaboration to develop the unique potential in every student. Represented by the Green Terror, its 24 athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. A student-centered community of 1,600 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students offers access to both Baltimore and Washington, D.C., plus a European campus in Budapest, Hungary. www.mcdaniel.edu