Contact: Bob Anderson, 601-634-5760 robert.t.anderson@usace.army.mil VICKSBURG, MISS., June 5, 2013 – Brigadier General Margaret W. Burcham was officially appointed as a member of the Mississippi River Commission by President Barack Obama May 28, 2013. Burcham is the first female general officer to be appointed to the commission. Brig. Gen.