Class of 1966 Plaque Dedication: Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic
Front: Al Nason, Ralph Cruikshank, Norm Cooney Back: Gene Atkinson, Jon Steele, BG Michael Linnington (Commandant)
Members of the Class of 1966 gathered at the Academy on 20 August for a special plaque unveiling at the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic. Two plaques: a Class Crest and Class Memorial Plaque, were unveiled outside of Room 303 in Nininger Hall
Colonel Doug Boone, Director of the Simon Center, and General Michael Linnington, Commandant of Cadets, joined the Class in memorializing their fallen classmates. Jon Steele ‘66, the plaque sculptor, unveiled the two plaques crafted out of bronze.
The memorial plaque commemorates the following classmates who died in combat:
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Fred Gordon Bertolino |
Thomas Jay Hayes IV |
Frank Meszar III |
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Arthur George Bonifas |
Richard Elmo Hood Jr. |
Martin Keith Niskanen |
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William Douglas Booth |
John Thomas Hoskins |
Arthur Middleton Parker III |
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David Carlton Brown |
Charles French Johnson Jr. |
Howard Samuel Pontuck |
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David Rockwell Crocker Jr. |
Donald Richard Judd |
Frank Anthony Rybicki Jr. |
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Allen Ross Culpepper |
Gordon Talmage Kimbrell Jr. |
Frank Joseph Schap Jr. |
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Peter Francis Donnell |
Peter James Lantz |
Robert Michael Snell |
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John Anthony Fera |
Dennis Dean Loftheim |
Louis Robert Sustersic |
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Billy Wayne Flynn |
Robert Wayne Luecke |
Richard William Thompson |
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Michael Francis Grasafe Jr. |
Hugh Robert McKibbon Jr. |
David Reynolds Wilson |
Fame Will Mix With ‘66: Class of 1966 Gifts $2.5 million to the SimonCenter for the Professional Military Ethic
As a 40th Reunion gift to the Academy in 2006, the USMA Class of 1966 gifted $2.5 million to the
SimonCenter for the Professional Military Ethic (SCPME) to endow the Class of 1966 Visiting Scholar position in the Center. An annual distribution from the endowment will become available for the SCPME beginning with the 2008-09 academic year. The gift is recognized at the Center, housed in Nininger Hall (the old 1st Division of the Central Area of Barracks), where the visiting scholar will preside. Since July of 2000, GEN (Ret.) Fred Franks ‘59 has served as the visiting scholar.
The fund raising success of the Class of 1966 is attributed to the outstanding leadership provided by the Class officers and the Class Fund Raising Committee. The following class leaders deserve mention for their untiring efforts to make this a successful campaign: Norm Cooney, President; Bill Correia, Past President; and Gene Atkinson. In addition, these gentlemen were steadfastly supported by the efforts of representatives from each company in the fund raising effort.
Congratulations and thank you to the Class of 1966 for providing such outstanding support for the Academy!
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