Captain Gene Roddenberry was a UESPA officer in the 22nd century and a noted explorer. (Star Trek: Enterprise; TNG: "Up the Long Ladder")
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In Star Trek is..., Roddenberry eventually achieved the rank of Brigadier general. He served as the first UESPA commander of the SS Yorktown (NCC-108) after its retirement from Starfleet duty in 2196, and would stay in command until 2204. He was preceded by Starfleet Commodore Francis Decker and succeeded by Colonel Georges-Françoise Picard.
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- Gene Roddenberry (Captain) article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.