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West Point Graduates Named Among Savoy Magazine’s 2024 Most Influential Corporate Directors
Savoy magazine named eight West Point graduates among their list of 2024 Most Influential Corporate Directors.
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WPAOG Annual Meeting Election Results
At the WPAOG Annual Meeting held on November 19, 2024, the following members were elected to positions on the Board of Directors and the Advisory Council. To serve their term from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027.
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The Special Forces Scholar
Since 1960, nearly 150 West Point graduates have pursued graduate study as Olmsted Scholars, many of whom later rose to important positions of senior leadership in the Army (including Ambassador and General John P. Abizaid ’73 [Retired], former Commander, U.S. Central Command; and Lieutenant General Patrick J. Donahue ’80 [Retired], former Deputy Commander, U.S. Army…
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West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center: Now More than Ever
The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (CTC) has been featured in the pages of West Point magazine before; however, those articles came at a time when counterterrorism played a central role in national security and in the lives of graduates.
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2024 Distinguished Graduate Awards
Incredibly Humbling and a Tremendous Honor On a beautiful May morning at the Academy, during a review featuring the entire Corps of Cadets, the West Point Association of Graduates presented the 2024 Distinguished Graduate Awards (DGA) to six esteemed members of the Long Gray Line: GEN (R) Wesley K. Clark ’66, AMB Karl W. Eikenberry…
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West Point Cadets Learn from Battle-tested Leaders During Mission Command Conference
As the Class of 2024 cadets inch closer toward graduation, every moment that allows them to engage and interact with past and current leaders is one more brick added to their leadership foundation. Hence, the First Class cadets participated in the Mission Command Conference (MCC) from March 19-20, 2024 at Eisenhower Hall, along with staff…
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Beto ’14 Selected as Olmsted Scholar
CPT Louis A. Beto ’14 was recently selected by The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation as a member of the Olmsted Scholar Class of 2025. Over the next three years, Beto will complete language training and pursue graduate studies on a full scholarship in Istanbul, Türkiye.
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2024 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients
Please join us in congratulating WPAOG’s 2024 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients.
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Four-time Space Veteran Williams ’80 to Retire from NASA
NASA astronaut and COL (R) Jeffrey Williams ’80, who played a key role in the design, construction, and operation of the International Space Station, is retiring on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, after more than 27 years of service at the agency.
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West Point Hosts National Conference on Ethics in America
The National Conference on Ethics in America (NCEA) hosted by the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic at West Point was held in Eisenhower Hall on November 15-16. The theme this year was “Developing Judgment: Bridging Theory & Practice.”