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Class Notes Updates This Week
The following classes have added updates this week to their Class Notes pages. 1959 | 1966 | 1968 | 1970 | 1981 | 1982 | 1986 | 1987 | 1996 | 1997. Class Notes
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COL(R) Leady ’87 Named VP at Bonneville Power
The Bonneville Power Administration has named COL(R) Bill Leady ’87 as the agency’s new vice president of Power Services Generation Asset Management, overseeing the BPA’s power marketing and sales...
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BG(R) Boettner ’81, Ph.D. P.E. Receives Kate Gleason Award
BG(R) Daisie D. Boettner ’81, Ph.D. P.E. has received the Kate Gleason Award. The Kate Gleason Award established in 2011, recognizes outstanding achievements by a female engineer. Dr. Boettner is...
View ArticleSeptember is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
While this month is dedicated to emphasizing the role each of us can play, it is our responsibility as leaders to check on our Battle Buddies, family members, friends, and teammates all year. One of...
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2LT Bender ’21 & 2LT Walker’21 Rhodes Scholar Update
2LT Tyrese Bender ’21 and 2LT Evan Walker ’21 share their reflections after their first year at Oxford. Tyrese Bender: “I am beyond grateful for the privilege the Rhodes Scholarship has afforded me...
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VanAntwerp '98 & D'Costa '89 Confirmed For Promotion
The following officers were confirmed by the Senate on September 2022:COL Jeffrey A. VanAntwerp '98 for promotion to the rank of brigadier general. He is currently serving as Deputy Commander...
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MG Telita Crosland '89 Selected for Appointment to LTG
MG Telita Crosland '89 has beenselected for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as Director, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia. She is currently serving as Deputy...
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MG Patrick Matlock '88 Selected for Appointment to LTG
MG (Promotable) Patrick E. Matlock '88 has been selected for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, United States Army, Washington, DC. He is...
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Listen to LTG(R) David F. Melcher ’76 on the WPAOG Podcast
This episode features an interview with LTG(R) David F. Melcher '76. Melcher spent 32 years serving in the Army and is recognized as a prominent figure in the aerospace and defense community. In this...
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Kenneth Fisher to Receive 2022 Sylvanus Thayer Award Oct 6
On October 6, philanthropist Kenneth Fisher will receive the 2022 Sylvanus Thayer Award during ceremonies hosted by Superintendent LTG Steve Gilland '90, at West Point. The Corps of Cadets will conduct...
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GEN(R) Votel ’80 Combating Terrorism Center’s New Distinguished Chair
The Margin of Excellence-funded Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point has announced that GEN(R) Joseph L. Votel ’80 will serve as its next Distinguished Chair. Votel, who served in the U.S....
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Dr. Cindy R. Jebb '82 to be President of Ramapo College of New Jersey
Ramapo College of New Jersey will hold the formal inauguration ceremony for its fifth college president, Dr. Cindy R. Jebb ‘82, on October 14. Dr. Jebb joined the state college in 2021, after retiring...
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1992 Supports the Modern War Institute with $1M Gift
At halftime during the Army vs. Georgia State football game, the Class of 1992 presented a 30th Reunion Gift of $1,000,000 in support of the Modern War Institute to endow the Class of 1992 War Council...
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Mr. Kenneth Fisher Receives 2022 Thayer Award
The West Point Association of Graduates presented the 2022 Sylvanus Thayer Award to Mr. Kenneth “Ken” Fisher, the Chairman and CEO of Fisher House Foundation and a co-managing partner of Fisher...
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Steve Townes '75 Receives Order of the Palmetto Award
Steve Townes '75, CEO & founder of Ranger Aerospace and President & CEO of ACL Airshop, has been granted the “Order of the Palmetto” Award by the Governor of South Carolina. This award is the...
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COL(R) Weddle '79 Wins the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced that COL (R) Kevin J. Weddle has been awarded the ninth annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for The Compleat Victory: Saratoga...
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McKelvie '09 Inducted into Atlantic Hockey Hall of Fame
Army West Point Hockey Associate Head Coach Zach McKelvie ’09 has been inducted into the Atlantic Hockey Association Hall of Fame, announced today by the conference. Now entering his ninth season on...
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Hetrick ’21, Zimmerman ’21, Park ’21 Start Business Venture
Team Mercsin is made up of a group that includes Ryan Hetrick ‘21, who is now a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Zimmerman ‘21, who is a former Army hockey captain from...
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Rieger '95 to Swim Around Manhattan Island
Next summer, Andrew Rieger '95 plans to swim around Manhattan Island in preparation for attempting the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming in a couple of more years. That would be the Manhattan Island...
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WSU Dedicates COL (R) Gadson '89 Office of Military & Veterans Academic...
U.S. Army COL (R) Gregory Gadson '89 served his country in every conflict from 1989 until May 2007, when a vehicle he was traveling in hit a roadside bomb. “I knew I was wounded seriously because I...
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