George La Forge

George La Forge was the first in a long line of distinguished Starfleet officers of the La Forge family.

An admiral, George La Forge had commissioned the light cruiser USS Detroit at the dawn of Starfleet's history. 
 * According to James Kirk's inner monologue, Admiral George La Forge had commissioned this ship 270 years prior to Kirk's command of the USS Enterprise'' -- which would place the event about 160 years prior to the inception of the Federation Starfleet (which used the "USS" prefix), as well as placing the event a century earlier than the beginning of the Earth Starfleet.