Kathryn frost biography
Kathryn George Frost (November 7, – August 18, ) was an American military officer who was the..
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South Carolina native Kathryn George Frost, a retired Army Major General and wife of former Democratic Reprsentative Martin Frost of Texas, died Friday, August 18, 2006, after a four-year battle with breast cancer.
She was 57.
Frost, a two-star general, was the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. Army when she retired last year after a 31-year career.
“Kathy was a woman of incredible strength. She inspired not only women, but everyone she met.
Her strength and courage, though, were tempered by her love and devotion. I will miss her deeply,” Martin Frost said in a statement.
Kathryn Frost finished her career as commander of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which operates the commissaries and post and base exchanges on military installations nationally and overseas.
Martin Frost said his wife established base and post exchanges in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The AAFES received a reward from the National Retail Federation for its work in the war zones while Kathryn