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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
Volume XXIV, Number 1-September 11, 1996
SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF UNITED STATES
7-1 adverse decision handed down June 26
Gen. Bunting answers questions from the media at a press briefing in the Marshall
Museum following the Supreme Court decision. W. Patrick Hinely photo.
After six years in the courts of the United States at all levels, the case of the United States
vs Virginia et a! was brought to closure.
On June 26, in a 7-1 decision, with the majority opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that VMI's all-male admission policy
was unconstitutional. The Court also said that the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership
at Mary Baldwin College [approved by both the Federal District and the United States Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals] did not remedy the constitutional violation.
Meeting on July 12 and 13 in Lexington, the VMI Board of Visitors decided to chart a
course which would provide a thorough review of co-education and an opportunity for the
alumni agencies to consider privatization.
The Board formed itself into a "Committee of the Whole" which would work closely
with the Superintendent and the staff, faculty, and Corps of Cadets to develop a plan for co­education
for consideration at the Board's September 21 meeting in Lexington. The Board,
noting that the Alumni Agencies had been studying privatization, resolved to receive a report
on their findings prior to the Sept. 21 meeting. (The complete statement of the Board released
on July 13 follows)
For the past two days, the Board of Visitors has been meeting with its counsel to
discuss the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court. While we are deeply
disappointed by that decision, we will obey it, and we have begun the vital task of
looking carefully at the available options on how that can be accomplished.
The challenge that VMI and the Commonwealth of Virginia face is two-fold:
We must come into compliance with the decision of the Court; but we must do so
without abandoning the standards that have made VMI great. The importance of
these twin goals is self-evident. The best route to achieve them is not.
The VMI Alumni Agencies have been studying the option of independence for
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THREE NAMED TO BOARD
OF VISITORS
Three VMI alumni from the early 1970s
were appointed to The Board of Visitors in
June by Governor George F. Allen.
Dr. Mac A. Bowman and Mr. Thomas
M. Moncure, Jr., 1973 graduates of the
Institute and Mr. Charles B. Lindsey, class
of 1971, began four-year terms on July 1.
Dr. Bowman, a cardiovascular surgeon,
is founding partner of Augusta Heart
Associates. P.A., a group he formed in
Augusta, Georgia in 1993. Following 11
years active duty in the United States Army,
Dr. Bowman returned to his hometown of
Augusta and began private practice in
cardiology. He has remained in the Army
Reserve and currently holds the rank of
lieutenant colonel. Active in civic and
medical affairs within his community, Dr.
Bowman is on the board of numerous health
care foundations, develops and participates
in public school outreach programs, and was
1995 President of the medical staff at
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MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE
CONVENES
For the fifth consecutive year, VMI, the
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations,
and the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Committee
will host the annual U.S. Mideast
Policymakers Conference, which will
consider the "how" questions of U.S. policy
making in the Middle East. On September
15-16, at the George C. Marshall Foundation,
an array of prominent speakers and panelists
will examine how U.S. foreign policy goals
in the region can be formulated, promoted,
and implemented more effectively. The
conference, which is coordinated by the
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ACTING DEAN IS
OFTEN PUBLISHED
ADMINISTRATOR
Colonel Alan F. Farrell, acting dean of
the faculty, has had a very busy 1996. In
addition to taking over responsibilities as
acting dean of the faculty, he has had
numerous articles published and papers read
this year. He is also teaching two classes in
French this semester.
Col. Farrell has had articles published:
in French in Review of Quebec Studies on
French woman novelist Antonine Maillet,
winner of France's prestigious Prix Goncourt
literary prize for her dialect narratives about
the life of marginals in Gaspe; in ancient
Greek and English in the Classics journal the
Arion about Homer and Vietnam; in the
journal Vietnam Generation on Vietnam,
monuments, and America's traditional cult
of warriors, "Thoughts on the Zouave
Bridge." Poems by Col. Farrell have also
been published in Vietnews and Vietnam
Generation; the poems were read at the "60's
Generation" conference in Danbury, Conn.
He attended the Popular Culture
Conference on the French bande dessinee in
Philadelphia where he read a paper on mythic
French hero Eugene Crampon, an engineer
marooned in the Russian goulag during the
height of the Cold War. At the Popular Culture
Conference on the French bande dessinee San
Antonio this spring, he will present a paper
studying French cartoon hero L'inspecteur
Canardo, afilm noirdetective who skulks the
shadowy byways of a half-world of criminals
and dark secrets. Col. Farrell will also read a
paper at the Comic Art Convention in
Philadelphia. The paper will study French
cartoon hero Kebra, the rat braque.
He also reviewed two books, Jonathan
Shay's Achilles in Vietnam and Paul
Solotaroff's The House of Purple Hearts, and
a French language video for The Northeast
Journal.
REUNION WEEKEND
VMI's fall Alumni Reunion Weekend
gets underway Thursday, September 26 with
an early arrival cocktail party in Moody Hall,
hosted by the VMI Alumni Association.
Friday's events include individual class
activities for the classes of 1951, 1961,
and the honored class of 197 I having its 25th
reunion. There will be two parades by the
Corps of Cadets at 4:30 p.m.on Friday, and
Saturday, returning alumni will review the
Corps of Cadets at 10:30 a.m. After lunch
the football game with Furman kicks off at I
p.m on Alumni Memorial Field.
EIGHTEEN RECEIVE TENURE/PROMOTIONS
TWO NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS
On August 19, when VMI opened its doors to the Class of 2000, the Institute had seven
newly-tenured faculty, sixteen faculty and staff who received promotions for the current
academic year, and two new department heads.
Those faculty members awarded tenure are Lt. Col. W. Grigg Mullen, Jr., associate
professor of civil engineering and Lt. Col. R. Wane Schneiter, associate professor of civil and
environmental engineering.
Receiving tenure and promotion are Maj. Kathleen Bulger-Barnett, assistant professor
of modern languages, to Lt. Col. and associate professor; Maj. Maung M. Htay, assistant
professor of mathematics and computer science, to Lt. Col. and associate professor; Maj.
Rose Mary Sheldon, assistant professor of history and politics, to Lt. Col. and associate
professor; Maj. Donald Sunnen, assistant professor of modern languages, to associate professor
and Lt. Col.; and Lt. Col. Mark Wilkinson, associate professor of history and politics, to
professor and Col.
Five faculty members promoted are Maj. William D. Badgett, assistant professor of English
and fine arts, to Lt. Col. and associate professor; Lt. Col. W. Wayne Nee!, associate professor
of mechanical engineering to Col. and professor; Captain Steven T. Ross, instructor in
economics and business and head soccer and swimming coach to Major; Lt. Col. Edwin A.
Sexton, associate professor of economics and business to Col. and professor; and Maj. R.
Terrell Wilson, lecturer in chemistry to Lt. Col. and associate professor.
Staff members promoted are Lt. Col. Vernon L. Beitzel, director of admissions, to Col.;
Capt. Jeffrey L. Lawhorne, general accounting manager, to Maj.; Capt. Jerry E. Ruley,
quartermaster, to Maj.; Maj. Donald H. Samdahl, Jr., head of automation and technical services,
to Lt. Col. and acting head librarian; Lt. Col. Michael M. Strickler, public relations director,
to Col.; and 2nd Lt. Neil D. Whitmore to Capt. and assistant/associate director of admissions
for volunteer programs.
Lt. Col. Robert B. Cairns, who came to VMI in 1991, has been named to head the
Department of Physical Education, and veteran faculty member Dr. Gabriel G. Balazs is now
the acting head of the Department of Electrical Engineering.
SUMMER BRINGS RELOCATION OF OFFICES
Carroll Hall and Smith Hall are now the new residence for several offices at the Institute.
The moves occurred during the month of June.
Financial aid, registrar, and career services are located on the 300 level of Carroll Hall.
On the 200 level of the building are the headquarters executive office (Col. Hammond), learning
center, academic advising for athletes, and superintendent's representative to the honor court.
behavioral science and leadership and institutional research are on the 400 level.
Moving to Smith Hall are the offices of public relations, including sports information;
and personnel. They occupy the space which previously housed financial aid, registrar, and
the file room. The Smith Hall copy machine has been moved to the 200 level, next to the
Dean's office.
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BOARD OF VISITORS continued from page 1
Dr. Mac A. Bowman '73
University Hospital in Augusta. He has also
been a clinical assistant professor of
medicine at the Medical College of Georgia
since 1989. He entered VMI on a football
scholarship, and his outstanding career as a
running back earned him induction into
VMI's Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Dr.
Bowman majored in English with a minor in
biology at the Institute and received his MD
from the Medical College of Georgia in 1977.
Mr. Moncure is Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Stafford, Virginia, having been
elected to that post in 1991. Appointed to the
Bar in 1979, he practiced law primarily in
the state courts until 1989 before serving as
corporate counsel to the National Rifle
Association for two and one half years. Mr.
Moncure was elected to the Virginia General
Charles B. Lindsey '71
Assembly in 1982 and was a member of the
House of Delegates until 1988. He has served
on active duty in the United States Army and
currently holds the rank of major in the Army
Reserves. Active in politics, he is past
chairman of the Republican Party of Stafford,
and he is a member of the Governor's
Advisory Council on Self-Determination and
Federalism. An author, writer, and guest
columnist, he is co-author of a 1987 book,
The Story of Aquia Church, was a contributor
to Patrick Henry Essays (1994), and has been
published in numerous legal journals. Mr.
Moncure received his BA in English and
holds a MA from George Mason University.
Mr. Lindsey, a successful businessman
in Northern Virginia is owner of WTS, Inc.,
a restaurant operation in Alexandria. He
VMI ECON.JBUSINESS, W&L COMMERCE DEPARTMENTS
TO HOLD FORUM ON THE FLAT TAX
Dubbed The Lee-Jackson Fall Classic: Public Policy Debates: The Flat Tax, professors
from VMI's economics and business department and Washington and Lee's commerce school
will debate the flat-tax in a forum to be held October 3 in Nichols Engineering Auditorium at
7:30p.m. on the VMI Post.
Participants in the cooperative venture are Col. Edwin A. Sexton and Col. Floyd H.
Duncan, professors of economics and business at VMI and Dr. Arthur H. Goldman, professor
of economics and Dr. John M. Gunn, Lewis Whitaker Adams professor of economics at
Washington and Lee. The program will consist of four separate presentations of about 10
minutes each, followed by a question and answer period.
Col. Duncan will provide an overview of the present tax system, with particular attention
to definitions and terms which the other participants may use in their presentations. Col.
Sexton will offer a rationale for converting the present tax system to a flat tax, as proposed by
economists Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka. Their plan is very similar to the legislation that
has been introduced by House Majority Leader, Representative Dick Armey of Texas.
Dr. Goldsmith will present an argument against the flat tax proposal. Dr. Gunn will
discuss the rationale for maintaining progressive tax rates in our federal system and why he
believes the tax system should retain progressive rates, the very antithesis of the flat tax
proposal.
Thomas M. Moncure, Jr. '73
founded WTS in 1984 after working as a
financial analyst for Mobil Chemical
Corporation in Pittsford, New York from
1980 to 1984. Prior to holding that position,
he spent seven years with Lindsey-Nicholson
Corporation in Alexandria as both a manager
and sales representative. Mr. Lindsey
received his BA in English at the Institute
and earned his masters in business
administration from the College of William
& Mary in 1977. He also served on active
duty in the United States Army and was on
reserve status. Active in alumni affairs, he is
a past member of the Marketing and Public
Relations Committee of the Alumni
Association Board of Directors. He is also a
member of the Old Town Business
Association in Alexandria.
JAMISON AWARDED MEDAL
Dr. Donald K. Jamison, the
Superintendent's Representative to the Honor
Court and Academic Advisor to the Athletic
Department, received the Virginia Military
Institute Achievement Medal at the opening
faculty and staff meeting held in Lejuene
Hall, August 30. It was for his outstanding
duty in these positions that he was honored.
The award was initiated by VMI
Superintendent, Major General Josiah
Bunting III during the 1996 spring semester
to honor exemplary service and/or specific
achievement. The first three recipients were
Brig. Gen. Lee D. Badgett, former Provost
and Dean of the Faculty and Cols. Richard
B. Minnix and Richard H. Skutt who retired
in June.
Recipients of the award will be given a
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New faculty and staff in attendance at the
orientation luncheon on August 22. Front row ( l­r):
Misa Stuart; Brad Crossman; Brad
Whittington; Maj. Stacy Vargas; Captain John
Mistr, USA; Captain Timothy Lewallen, USAF.
Second row: Major Zhicheng Zhang; Carol
Watson; Lt. Peter Mantz, USN; GYSGT Jim
Johnson, USMC; Maj. David Rachels; Clifford
West; Capt. William Cantrell, USA. Third row:
2Lt. Chris Gorman; Adele Addington; Major
Shawn Addington; Robert Wells; Col. Alan
Farrell; Maj. Todd Smith. Fourth row: Maj. Ed
Wheeler; Capt. James McDonald, Ill, USMC;
Col. James Eicher; Col. Keith Dickson; Maj.
William Bither, USA.
Dr. Adele K. Addington, instructor of chemistry,
BS (1990) Ph.D. ( 1994) Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University: has done post
doctoral research at East Tennessee State
University, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and
The Center for Biotechnology at Old Dominion
University; wife of Maj. Shawn Addington,
assistant professor of electrical engineering.
Maj. J, Shawn Addington, assistant professor
of electrical engineering, BS (1990) MS (1992)
Ph.D. ( 1995), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University: since receiving his doctorate, he
has been a visiting assistant professor at Old
Dominion University; husband of Dr. Adele
Addington, instructor in chemistry.
Mr. Robert I. Bedell, instructor of English and
fine arts, BA Florida Atlantic University, 1972;
MAT (1974) and MA (1976), Florida State
University; is nearing completion of his Ed.D.
from Virginia Tech: was division chair for arts and
humanities at Southern Virginia College from
1976-96; also teaches the communications
component for the College Orientation Workshop,
held each summer at VMI; husband of Col.
Meredith Bedell, professor of English.
Maj. William F. Bither, assistant professor of
military science, BS North Georgia College, 1982;
comes to VMI from the 3rd Special Forces Group,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina; other duty stations
include Fort Lewis, Washington, Camp Hovey,
Korea and Boeblingen, Germany.
Dr. Laura F. Brodie, instructor of English and
fine arts, AB Harvard-Radcliffe University, 1986;
Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1996: served as a
graduate instructor at Virginia, 1991-94 and was
a lecturer last year at Hollins College; wife ofVMI
band director, Lt. Col. John Brodie.
Col. Kevin L. Brown, special assistant to the
Superintendent, BA Northwestern, 1985; JD
Washington University, 1992: comes to VMI from
the Lawrenceville School where he was associate
dean for admissions; experience in higher
education includes associate dean positions at
Carleton and Pomona Colleges.
NEW VMI FACULTY AND STAFF
SSGT Michael K. Burton, Air Force ROTC: a
personnel specialist, he has been in the Air Force
for four years; prior to VMI, he was stationed at
Klein Brogel Air Base in Belgium and Malmstrom
Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana.
Capt. W. Keith Cantrell, assistant professor of
military science, BS Berry College, 1986; MA
Webster University, 1989: an artillery officer who
joins VMI from Fort Campbell, Kentucky; has
also been stationed at Fort Ord, California, Camp
Essayons, Korea and Fort Jackson, South
Carolina.
Mr. Bradley S. Crossman, administrative intern
- athletic department, BA Valdosta State
University, 1996: served as a sports administration
intern at Valdosta State during the 1995-96
academic year.
Col. Keith D. Dickson, Commandant of Cadets,
BA Virginia Military Institute, 1976; MA
University of Richmond, 1978; is a doctoral
candidate in history at the University of Virginia:
will teach a course in history this fall; an adjunct
professor for 15 years at the University of
Maryland and Northern Virginia Community
College; most recently an intelligence analyst in
Washington; served five years on active duty in
the United States Army and is currently a
lieutenant colonel in the reserves.
Mr. Andrew D. Doremus, football intern for
video, BS Bucknell University, 1996: will manage
all video requirements for the football office.
2LT Joseph J. Dubose, admissions counselor/
assistant track coach, BS Virginia Military
Institute, 1996; was regimental commander of the
Corps last year and winner of the Cincinnati
Medal at graduation; All Southern Conference
performer in track and recipient of a 1996 NCAA
postgraduate scholarship.
Col. James M. Eicher, instructor of behavioral
sciences and leadership, BA Pennsylvania State
University, 1970: MA Webster University, 1982:
served 25 year as an officer in the United States
Marine Corps retiring as a Colonel; held numerous
positions in the management of large
organizations and programs.
Col. Alan F. Farrell, acting Dean of the Faculty,
BA Trinity College, 1966; MA (1967 and 1972)
and Ph.D. (1972) Tufts University: joined VMI
in January 1996 after 23 years of teaching French
at Hampden-Sydney College; he is teaching two
courses in French this semester; served in the
United States Army 5th Special Forces Group
(Airborne) with two tours in Vietnam and retired
from the reserves in 1993 after 26 years,
Mr. George A. Foussekis, assistant football coach,
BA Virginia Tech, 1968; M.Ed. Bowie State
University, 1981: defensive tackles coach; coached
at the University of Maryland for over 20 years;
All American defensive tackle at Virginia Tech and
is a member of his alma mater's Hall of Fame; has
been in private business in Charlottesville since
1991.
Mr. Michael W. Foust, head swimming coach,
spent two years at Clarkson University majoring
in mechanical engineering: has coached high
school swimming and is currently president of the
Rockbridge Aquatic Team; works as a design
engineer for Des Champs Laboratories.
Mr. George H. "Chip" Garber, assistant football
coach, BA University of Maryland, 1968:
defensive coordinator; comes to VMI after four
seasons at the University of Minnesota; also spent
seven years as an assistant at the University of
Kentucky.
2LT Christopher R. Gorman, admissions
counselor, BS Virginia Military Institute, 1996:
received the First Jackson Hope Medal (highest
GPA) at graduation last May; was an Institute
Scholar, winner of the Faculty Merit Scholarship,
and a prosecutor for the honor court; plans to
attend medical school.
Sgt. Saundra D. Harrison, Army ROTC: an
administrative NCO who has served almost five
years; previous duty station was Fort Story in
Virginia Beach, a three-year assignment; her first
duty station was Korea.
Ms. Eliana C. Herman, instructor of modern
languages, MS Universidad de Buenos Aires,
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at VMI on several occasions since I 992 and is
also an assistant professor at both Sweetbriar
College and Lynchburg College; teaching
experience also includes The College of William
and Mary and Northwestern University.
Capt. Kenneth R. Hirlinger, assistant professor
of aerospace studies, BS Virginia Military Institute,
1985; MS Air Force Institute of Technology, 1996:
was at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for
five year before coming to VMI; also stationed at
Norton Air Force Base, California for six years.
Mr. Frank I. Hobbs, Jr., instructor of English
and fine arts, BA Virginia Polytechnic and State
University, 1980; MFA American University,
1984: previous assignments include assistant
professor of art at Randolph Macon Womens
College and Mary Baldwin College; founded the
Beverly Street Studio School (Staunton) in 1992
and is its current director.
Mr. John A. Hoffman, graduate athletic trainer,
BS University of Wisconsin/La Crosse, 1993:
currently working on his M.Ed. in athletic training
at the University of Virginia.
GYSGT Jimmy R. Johnson, Navy/Marine
ROTC, over 16 years in the United States Marine
Corps; comes to VMI from the 1st Battalion 7th
Marines in 29 Palms, California where he served
for three and one half years; has had two tours
totalling seven years at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Mr. Terry J. Lantz, assistant football coach, BS
University of Louisville, 1991; M.Ed. Northeast
Louisiana University, 1993: defensive backs
coach; assistant the past two seasons at the
University of Massachusetts; has also coached at
his undergraduate and graduate alma maters and
the University of Tennessee/Knoxville.
Capt. Timothy W. Lewallen, Air Force ROTC,
BA Seattle University, 199 I; MBA University of
Colorado, 1996: has served at Falcon Air Force
Base, Colorado since 1993; most recent job
assignment - future requirements assessment
officer.
LT Peter M. Mantz, assistant professor of naval
science, BA Virginia Military Institute, 1990: a
naval aviator who returns to the Institute following
three years at the Norfolk Naval Air Station; has
also been stationed at the naval air station at North
Island in San Diego, California.
Mr. Donald A. McCaulley, assistant football
coach, BS Buena Vista College, 1960; MS Indiana
University, 1965: linebacker coach; career coach,
spending the past four seasons at Newport News
Apprentice School and was an assistant at William
and Mary, 1980-1990.
Capt. James A. McDonald, III, assistant professor
of naval science, BS Virginia Military Institute,
1986; MBA Averett College, 1994: has spent the
past two years with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine
Division in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina; also
had a three-year tour at Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii.
SKC Glenn T. Mercier, Navy/Marine ROTC,: has
spent 18 years in the United States Navy in the
area of supply; most recent assignment was with
MCM2 USS Defender out of Ingleside, Texas; has
had numerous duty stations with the longest a
three-year stint at the Norfolk (VA) Naval Base .
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Capt. John T. Mistr, assistant professor of
military science, BA Virginia Military Institute
1991: joins the Army ROTC staff after five years
at Fort Hood, Texas where he had various
assignments as an armor officer.
Mr. David T. Ochsendorff, assistant athletic
trainer, BS West Virginia University, 1995; M.Ed.
University of Virginia, 1996: graduate assistant
trainer for VMI last year.
Dr. Bill Oliver, instructor of English and fine arts,
AB Rockhurst College, 1971; MA University of
Kansas, 1976;Ph.D. UniversityofVirginia, 1983:
no stranger to the VMI faculty, he was an assistant
professor of English and fine arts from 1983-88
and has taught on part-time status the past two
years; also teaches part-time at Washington & Lee.
Ms. Claudia M. Pirkle, instructor of chemistry,
BS North Georgia College, 1980; M.Ed. Clemson
University, 1984: a newcomer for the start of the
academic year, but taught three sections of
chemistry at VMI in the spring semester and has
been a tutor for intercollegiate athletes since 1994.
Capt. John T. Pitcock, assistant professor of
military science, BA Virginia Military Institute,
1986: returned to VMI last spring from Fort Hood,
Texas; an artillery officer who has also served at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina and in Korea.
Maj. David A. Rachels, assistant professor of
English and fine arts, BA Emory University, 1989;
MA (1991) and Ph.D.(I996) University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign: has been a teaching
assistant at the University of Illinois since 1989
teaching fiction, short story, composition and
expository writing.
Col. Woodson A. Sadler, Jr., instructor in
mechanical engineering: BS Virginia Military
Institute, 1966; MS University of Southern
California, 1972: was head of the Navy/Marine
ROTC when he retired from the Marine Corps
in 1993; is currently director of development with
the George C. Marshall Foundation.
Maj. D. Todd Smith, assistant professor of
electrical engineering, BS Virginia Military
Institute, 1985; MS Duke University, 1986; Ph.D.
University ofVirginia, 1993: served in the United
States Air Force from 1987-91 and was a graduate
teaching and research assistant at both Duke and
Virginia and a post doctoral research associate at
Virginia.
Mr. Robert T. Stanley, assistant football coach,
BA Randolph Macon College, 1982; M.Ed.
Ashland University, 1989: offensive line coach;
has coached since 1986 at Ashland University in
Ashland, Ohio.
Ms. Misa K. Stuart, instructor of modern
languages, BA Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan,
1976; BA Berklee College of Music (Boston),
1989; MA New York University, 1992: has held
various positions as a Japanese instructor and
served for nine years as chief instructor/supervisor
at the YMCA Music Academy, Nara Japan.
SFC Paul A. Turner, Army ROTC, has served
17 years in the infantry; was at Fort Lewis,
Washington for six years prior to coming to VMI;
also stationed in Panama for four years; spent six
years as a police officer before entering the Army.
Ms. Mary E. Ubinger, assistant athletic trainer,
BS University of Pittsburgh, 1993; MA University
of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, 1996: graduate
assistant at UNC the past two years.
Maj. Stacey K. Vargas, assistant professor of
physics and astronomy, BS Wheeling Jesuit
College, 1988; MS ( 1990) and Ph.D. (1996)
University of Connecticut: has been a teaching
and research assistant at Connecticut since 1988;
was also a tutor for intercollegiate athletes for four
years.
Ms. Carol A. Watson, instructor of modern
languages, BA University of Massachusetts, 1985;
M.Ed. Tufts University, 1988: has been a high
school Spanish teacher in Stoneham,
Massachusetts ( 1988-90) and for the past six years
in Virginia Beach; selected Who's Who in
American High School Teachers.
Mr. Robert E. Wells, director of facilities and
physical plant, BS (1975) MA (1984) Longwood
College: had been director of physical facilities
at Hampden Sydney College since 1989; prior to
that assignment, he was employed by the Charlotte
County (VA) Public Schools for 12 years; served
in the United States Marine Corps and the Army
Reserve.
Maj. Clifford T. West, assistant professor of
economics and business, BA University of
California, San Diego, 1974; MBA University of
Notre Dame, 1985; Ph.D. Indiana University,
1992: comes to VMI after six years as an assistant
professor at the University of Akron; worked for
12 years with Far West Services, Inc (Irvine, CA),
a nation-wide restaurant chain.
Maj. Edward D. Wheeler, assistant professor of
electrical engineering, BS Rose-Hulman, 1982;
MS ( 1993), Ph.D. (1996) University of Missouri,
Rolla: taught lecture courses and was involved in
research at Missouri, Rolla; also worked as a
systems analyst for Marathon Oil Company, 1982-
88.
Capt. Neil D. Whitmore, assistant admissions
director, BA Virginia Military Institute, 1990:
begins his first full year with the admissions office
after joining them last January; returned to VMI
in 1993 working for the Army Research Institute
sponsored leadership study.
Mr. J. Bradley Whittington, athletic ticket
manager, BS University of Tennessee/Knoxville,
1994; MS University of Southern Mississippi,
1996: worked for the St. Louis National League
Baseball Club in 1995 and was an athletic
administrative intern for VMI in 1994.
Mr. Dallas E. Wood, graduate athletic trainer, BA
Gettysburg College, 1993: currently working on
his M.Ed. in athletic training at the University of
Virginia.
Maj. Zhicheng Zhang, assistant director of
institutional research, BA Beijing Foreign Studies
University, China, 1983; MA University of New
England, Australia, 1990; Ph.D. University of
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1995: served as an
instructor at both Beijing Univ. and Alabama; is
widely published in both assessment and research.
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SUPERINTENDENT HAS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO FAR EAST
From May 25 to June 8, Maj. General
Josiah Bunting III '63 visited three Far East
countries on a tour which began in San
Francisco, where he spoke to a gathering
ofVMI alumni.
His first stop was in Taiwan where he
and Col. Alan F. Farrell, acting Dean of the
Faculty, attended a conference on military
education at the Republic of China Military
Academy. Col. Farrell presented a paper
entitled Two Cultures, a theme from
essayist C.P. Snow about academic and
military culture within military schools.
VMI had 15 cadets from the Republic of
China in the Corps last year and in August
welcomed four Taiwanese cadets for the
Class of 2000.
VMI Superintendent Maj. Gen. Josiah Bunting
III '63 shakes hands with the Cadet Chief
(regimental commander) of the Corps of Cadets
at the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
on June 6, I996.
Gen. Bunting then visited alumnus Russell Proctor '65 in Singapore. Proctor, director of
operations for Eli Lilly Asia, Inc, presented Gen. Bunting with a gift to establish an East
Asian Library Studies Fund. The fund is intended for the purchase of books on East Asian
language, literature, politics, government and economics.
From Singapore, the Superintendent traveled to Thailand as a guest of the Royal Thai
Army (RTA) and took the review at a parade by the Corps of Cadets at the Chulachomklao
Royal Military Academy. There he talked about increasing the exchanges and contacts between
the Academy and VMI. He also attended a reception hosted by the VMI Alumni Association­Thailand
Chapter and its president, Lt. Gen. Teerawat Putamanonda '64 (RTA), assistant
chief of staff for intelligence. He received a $10,000 gift from Col. Prosobachi Kasemsant
(RTA), VMI Class of 1976, to be used for exchanges with Thailand. Nine Thai cadets began
the new academic year at the Institute.
COURT CASE continued from page I
some time and may ask the Commonwealth to allow them to acquire VMI and to
pursue its policies as a private institution. Their work is nearing completion, and the
Board will receive a report of their findings prior to its next meeting on September 21.
The task for the Board is to identify the means by which VMI's unique educational
benefits can accrue to both young men and young women. The issue of co-education
of VMI is not a simple one, and its implementation will require careful planning in
order to serve the best interests of Virginia's young men and young women. The task
ahead calls for our most careful review, our most creative thinking and our most
measured judgment.
To that end, the Board has today constituted itself as a Committee of the Whole
to develop a plan of co-education for consideration at its September 21, 1996 meeting.
The future ofVMI and its fundamental values are at stake. We must and we will
approach our responsibilities to the Commonwealth and the Court and to the legacy
of the Institute with diligence and the exercise of balanced and informed judgment.
The challenge before us is great; but with the grace of God, VMI will continue to
flourish.
The Board, as a "Committee of the Whole", met in Richmond on July 30 and August 28
to receive and discuss reports from General Bunting and his staff, who have been meeting
several times each week to develop a co-education plan. At the same time, the VMI Alumni
Agencies are continuing their study of privatization.
"We are working hard to develop a plan for co-education, in accordance with the Board's
instruction," said VMI Superintendent, Maj. Gen. Josiah Bunting III.
"Should the Board decide on this option, we will have a plan that is serviceable and
ready. The committee is broadly representative of the Corps of Cadets, faculty, and
administration. Obviously, others would become involved in the planning should the Board
move forward with co-education," added Bunting.
The September Board of Visitors meeting is scheduled for September 18-21 at which
time it will further consider the plan of action which must be presented to Judge Jackson L.
Kiser in Federal District Court in Roanoke.
SABATO, RENOWNED
POLITICAL ANALYST
TO SPEAK TO CORPS
On October 1, with the Presidential
election only one month away, the Corps of
Cadets will have the unique opportunity of
hearing an address from Dr. Larry J. Sabato,
election analyst and professor at the
University of Virginia.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Dr.
Sabato is the "probably" the most quoted
college professor in the land.
Author of numerous books on the
American political scene, his best known
book, Feeding Frenzy: How Attack
Journalism Has Transformed American
Politics, published in 1991, received
widespread national attention during the
1992 presidential election. His latest book,
entitled DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS: The
Persistence of Corruption in American
Politics was published in April 1996 and is a
critical study of the nation's politics.
Dr. Sabato has appeared on dozens of
nationally broadcast television shows,
including "Nightline", "Face the Nation",
"The Today Show", "Good Morning
America", "48 Hours", and "Larry King Live."
Dr. Sabato graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from the University of Virginia in 1974,
received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1975 and
two years later was awarded his doctorate in
politics from Oxford University. In January
1978, he was elected Lecturer in Politics at
New College, Oxford. He then joined the
faculty at the University of Virginia in
September 1978.
The recipient of more than two dozen
major scholarships, grants, and academic
awards, Dr. Sabato is currently the Robert
Kent Gooch Professor of Government and
Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.
He has also served on numerous national and
state commissions.
Dr. Sabato's speech, which is open to
the public is scheduled for 11 a.m. in Jackson
Memorial Hall.
JAMISON continued from page 1
handsome medal, which is currently being
crafted, with ribbon which may be worn on
the Virginia Militia uniform, and a certificate.
Honorees will be named by the
Superintendent.
Dr. Jamison retired from the faculty in
1992 following 35 years of service to the
Department of Civil Engineering which
included three terms as department head.
Virginia Military Institute, September 11, 1996 Page 7
FACULTY ATTENDS ORIENTATION AT EAGLE LANDING
The Orientation program for new
faculty and staff members this year was a
unique experience for the newcomers, to
say the least. They went to "camp."
Acting Dean of the Faculty, Col. Alan
Farrell, in his memo to the new staffers,
said, "Communities do not spring
harmoniously into being, and the process
of communion takes some intervention.
It's not enough simply to throw everyone
together and hope for the best." His plan
involved a three-day session of outdoor activities together as well as discussion group seminars.
Six new full-time faculty members, two part-times, one administrator, and one member
of the athletic staff joined six current members of the faculty and five cadets at Eagle Landing,
a wilderness adventure camp in nearby Craig County. After a welcoming briefing on the
Post, the group left for the campsite, a dinner, and then an overview of VMI's history.
For the next two and a half days at the camp, they participated in zip-line slides, Australian­style
rappelling, canoeing, rock climbing, caving, wall-climbing and low-and-high-rope
problems. Participants were not required to do any activities with which they were not
comfortable, but over 90 percent performed all of the activities.
Interspersed between the physical chores, which were conducted by the camp's
professional staff, there were discussion sessions, some led by faculty and staff, some led by
cadets, but the cadets commuted from VMI and did not spend the nights at the camp.
Co-coordinators for the entire orientation were Lt. Col. H. Francis Bush, from the
department of economics and business, and Lt. Col. N. Turk McCleskey from the history
department. Any current member of the faculty could attend, and four, in addition to the co­coordinators,
joined the group.
"I'm convinced that this program was a real success," said Bush the day it ended. He
added, 'These people went into it with a lot of apprehension, but came out of it feeling good
about themselves-positive and excited. They couldn't believe the things they had been able
to do."
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VMI Army ROTC cadets and faculty attend Army ROTC Camp All-American, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina. Front (1-r) Brian Cooke, Thomas Smith, Jason Smith, Dimitri Canada, Whit
Hall, Noel Gorospe, Col. Walter L. Chalkley '72, professor of military science, Col. Keith
Dickson '76, commandant of cadets, Jason Foresman, Hompeg Konthirath, John Bushman,
Lt. Col. James S. Park, chaplain. Second row: Capt. Kim Enderle, assistant professor of
military science, Geoff Pybas, John Didio, James Reid, Sean McMurry, Mike Brown, Michael
Belenku, Robert Dixon, Max Casteleyn. Third Row: Ryan McCarthy, SSG Percell Artis, Tom
Hart, Blake Lackey; Robert Deeds, Jason McCoy, Ryan O'Connor, James Smythers, Steven
Jones, Mark Turner, Mark Perrault, Lee Freeman, Christopher Mulligan, Josh Ballew, Capt.
Rob Ali, Maj. Dave Wrenn '78, assistant professor of military science.
AMB. KIMMITT TO SPEAK
IN LEJEUNE HALL
Ambassador Robert M. Kimmitt will
speak in Lejeune Hall September 23 at 7:30
p.m. He is the inaugural speaker in the
Distinguished Diplomat Lecture series
recently established by the International
Studies Program at VMI. His talk is entitled,
"National Security and National Readiness:
Complements or Competitors."
Kimmitt was U.S. Ambassador to
Germany from 1991-1993 and Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs from
1989 to 1991. He is a managing director of
Lehman Brothers based in Washington and
New York. He works with U.S. and
international clients to integrate the financial
and public policy aspects of cross-border
transactions. Kimmitt heads Lehman
Brothers' Washington office and its
Washington-based corporate finance team.
Before joining the State Department, he
was a partner in the law firm of Sidley &
Austin, specializing in international financial
and commercial transactions. He also served
as a member of the World Bank's
International Centre for the Settlement of
Investment Disputes. Kimmitt has also
worked as General Counsel to the U.S.
Treasury Department and on the board of the
Federal Financing Bank. From 1978 to 1985
he was Executive Secretary and General
Counsel of the National Security Council at
the White House with the rank of Deputy
Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs.
Kimmitt graduated with distinction from
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and
received his law degree from Georgetown
University. He served in the 173rd Airborne
Brigade in Vietnam earning three Bronze
Stars, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal and
the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He is a
Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Reserve
and serves as Assistant Political Advisor at
the U.S. European Command near Stuttgart,
Germany.
The talk is open to the public. For more
information call (540) 464-7676.
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VMI CADET A "WIN"NER
For a young man involved in sports there couldn't be a better name
than WIN, and that just happens to be the English pronunciation of
Cadet Tuan Anh Nguyen's last name.
In the 112-point weight class, Cadet Nguyen reached All-American
status at the National College Boxing Association championships in
Reno, Nevada, last April when he reached the final round. There he
lost a close decision to an Air Force Academy senior.
Now a first classman, majoring in biology, Nguyen looks forward
to his final season of collegiate boxing. More importantly, he is looking
forward to receiving his scores from the Medical College Admissions
test he recently took and then seeking med school. He is on an Air
Force ROTC scholarship and hopes to serve as a doctor in that service. And, in the spring, he
will have a chance to become the 13th national boxing champion from VMI.
Nguyen, at six years of age, was among escaping boat people when he left his native
Vietnam. His family had planned to leave, but at the last minute they found that the boat had
room for only one, so they sent him in hopes of joining him later. He landed in the Philippines
and through a Lutheran Church program, Barbara and Roger Smith of Richmond brought
him to this country as foster parents.
When Nguyen got here in 1980, his host family was misinformed about his actual age, so
he was unable to start school when he should have. After his parents sent his birth certificate,
he was admitted to Richmond schools and has done well at all levels, a perennial Dean's List
student at VMI with a 3.3 cumulative GPA.
His fellow cadets call him "Andy," a nickname he chose for himself once he got into
school. His Americanization will be complete, he feels, when he gets to the point where he
can sponsor his own family to come here-his parents, three brothers and a sister, all of
whom he has not seen since he left Vietnam.
Last summer, Nguyen was involved in biology research projects which gave him an
interest in genetic engineering; however, he since has decided he wants to participate with
people, one-on-one, and would probably concentrate on a general family practice.
"I think it would be more rewarding to be able to serve people right now," says Nguyen,
"rather than do research and studies. God has taken care of me, according to my honorary
grandmother at my church, so I should count my blessings and try to take care of others."
No doubt, he will.
JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY RECEIVES GRANTS
The Mellon Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation have both recently awarded
grants to The Journal of Military History which is widely recognized as the premier scholarly
publication in its field. The Journal has been edited and prepared for publication in Lexington
at the Virginia Military Institute and the George C. Marshall Library since 1989 when Henry
S. Bausum was appointed editor.
In making the announcement, Bausum, professor emeritus of history at VMI, indicated
that The Journal of Military History has recently concluded an agreement with the Mellon
Foundation's JSTOR (Journal Storage) program. Only five other history journals, all noted
for their high level of scholarship, are included in the program at this time. The purpose of
JSTOR is to relieve libraries of the expense of saving and storing paper copies of scholarly
journals. Some fifty-seven years of the military history journal, published since 1937, have
been shipped to the University of Michigan where copies of it will bt:: scanned into a computer
and placed on-line.
The Guggenheim Foundation grant of $2500 provides funding to up-grade the computer
equipment for an internet connection in the Journal's office in the Marshall Library.
Bausum's goal is to improve the Journal's service to its 2,500 subscribers. The
Guggenheim grant will enable the Journal office to provide information about the Society on
internet, and the Mellon Foundation, through JSTOR, will make the complete run of the
Journal's volumes available to researchers and others who will be able to access and search
for information in the volumes on-line.
VMISTUDENTSSCORED
IN 93RD PERCENTILE ON
BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT
TEST
Adams '96 ranks in top one percent
This past academic year 42 VMI seniors,
in the Department of Economics and
Business, were among thousands of college
seniors taking the Business Achievement
Test, one of 16 major field tests administered
by the Educational Testing Service in
Princeton, New Jersey.
The cadets compiled a mean score of
164.0, ranking VMI in the 93rd percentile in
comparison with 284 institutions and 41,197
students (comparison pool) who took the test
during the 1992-1995 period. It marked the
third time in the last four years that VMI has
scored above the 90th percentile.
Individually, nine cadets ranked in the
90th percentile. John D. Adams of
Midlothian, VA scored in the 99th percentile
with 189 of a possible 200. Colin K. Boynton
of Staunton, VA was VMI's second highest
scoring cadet with 186, ranking him in the
98th percentile.
The Business Achievement Test covers
eight areas to include accounting, economics,
management, quantitative business analysis,
finance, marketing, legal and social, and
international. For all areas, VMI scores are
significantly higher than those of the other
284 institutions. VMI was above the 90th
percentile in four areas, ranking in the 99th
percentile in economics and international.
Col. Floyd H. Duncan, VMI professor
of economics and business and author of the
assessment report for the department, credits
the curriculum's emphasis on economics plus
a required core of business courses for the
cadets' success.
"Our cadets do not have a choice of
majoring in either business or economics;
they major in both," says Duncan. "In many
ways the degree offered by VMI is a double
major."
"The reason for the strong showing in
economics is obvious, but the high scores in
other areas are also an affirmation of the
decision to offer a joint degree," added
Duncan.
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Virginia Military Institute, September 11, 1996 Page 9
STEVE ZOLLMAN CARRIES ON TRADITION DUBOSE AWARDED NCAA
Steve Zollman, a 25-year POSTGRADUATE
veteran of the buildings and grounds SCHOLARSHIP
department, is one of that vanishing Second Keydet selected for 1995-96
breed who is willing to take on In June, VMI was notified that Lt.
whatever task he is given.
When he came on board in
1971, Zollman was assigned to the
carpenter shop, and a year later, the
head of the physics department
recruited him to be its laboratory
mechanic. There he actually built
lab experiment equipment and set
up experiments for the professors.
Ten years later, when Cameron Hall opened, he was assigned to the electrician's job in that
building, responsible for all air handling equipment and all electrical and electronic apparatus.
Since 1992, he has been upgraded in classification to the title of installation and repair
technician, which actually means he can do just about anything. He still maintains Cameron
Hall with public address requirements and operation of scoreboards and shot-clocks for
basketball; in fact, he attends every event in Cameron,
In addition to his Cameron assignments, he has done some masonry and plaster work for
the past few years and served as the inspector on construction of the new baseball field and
the field house located there. He works with the Institute's preventive maintenance team as
needed, servicing air handling equipment and piping and monitoring the natural gas lines. As
an electrician, he also becomes involved in setting up public address systems post-wide.
When asked what he does, Zollman replies, "Whatever needs to be done. I believe that
we're a team, and we all chip in to get the job done." That's a trait he must have inherited from
his father, the late Joe Zollman, celebrated among VMI people. The elder Zollman joined
buildings and grounds in 1953, and until his death in 1981, he astonished everyone with his
myriad of talents. He was plumber, carpenter, mason, mechanic, electrician, and anything
else needed. Like son Steve, he was a big, strapping man, and his feats of strength are legendary
among VMI veterans. He once carried a refrigerator on his back up four flights of steps. Also,
he was the man the Army called when a tank needed repair, and the city called when a fire
truck needed fixing.
Steve Zollman displays a great deal of his father's versatility in occupational skills as
well as in work habits, but the former Lexington high school star lineman in football has no
plans to perform Herculean lifting tasks. "I remember the time ABC sports televised a football
game from VMI," said Zollman, "and my dad was assigned to help them out. He carried
cameras up steps, he built platforms for cameras and crews, and the man in charge from ABC
was so impressed he tried to get dad to go back to New York with him. They couldn't print
enough money to get him to leave Rockbridge County."
Zollman says his most interesting job yet was the task of renovating several cannons
from the New Market battlefield. "We studied pictures and drawings of those Civil War guns
and actually manufactured the hardware needed to reconstruct them," he beamed, "and we
really made them look authentic." He and Oakey Pruett meticulously produced the clamps,
brackets, bolts and chains required to refurbish the 150-year old artillery now on display at
the battlefield.
Zollman takes a lot of pride in his work, but he is most proud of his children. Daughter
Heather just graduated from Radford University and now plans to attend graduate school to
get credentials for a teaching profession. Son Brad, a recent high school graduate, is attending
Dabney Lancaster Community College, not yet firm on career plans. But his own children
aren't the only ones who look to Steve Zollman for fatherly guidance. He serves as a 4-H
adult advisor, an instructor in the Virginia Hunter Education program, a National Rifle
Association firearms instructor, a teacher for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and he served
as the VMI B&G representative during the construction of "Kids Playce," a Lexington
playground, logging 60 hours. On and off the job, he can do just about anything.
Joseph J. Dubose, who is working as an
admissions counselor for the current
academic year, had become the Institute's
tenth NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
recipient.
Dubose, a biology major and last year's
regimental commander of the Corps of
Cadets, graduated in May with a 3.664 grade
point average and was awarded the
Cincinnati Medal presented to the member
of the graduating class who has distinguished
himself by efficiency of service and
excellence of character.
He captained VMI's outdoor track and
field team in the spring and captured his
second consecutive Southern Conference
championship in the 400 meter hurdles. He
also posted the team's best indoor time in
the 60 meter hurdles.
Dubose, who was commissioned in the
United States Air Force, hopes to attend
medical school, possibly as part of his Air
Force commitment.
He was the second VMI athlete to
receive the prestigious and highly
competitive $5,000 award for the 1995-96
academic year. Basketball player Bobby
Prince received notification of his award in
March. In May, Prince also received the
Southern Conference's Mike Wood Graduate
Scholarship, a $2,000 award given annually
to a deserving male basketball player
i"nterested in continuing his education.
ON DISPLAY IN THE
MARSHALL LIBRARY
An exhibit entitled "Semper Paratus:
The United States Coast Guard in World War
II," is on display in the George C. Marshall
Research Library through December. The
exhibit, which consists of photos, prints, and
artifacts, profiles the critical role the Coast
Guard played in the second World War with
a particular emphasis on the war in the
Pacific. For more information call the
Marshall Library at (540) 463-7103.
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NOW IN THE BOOKSTORE
A list of books was recently compiled at VMI. This list was generated by polling alumni,
faculty members and friends of the Institute - a group of men and women selected for their
lives of achievement, vigor, thought, curiosity, and service. The group was asked to identify
books which had the most profound impact on readers. Of the books on the list, the ones
named most frequently are stocked by the bookstore. They are as follows: The Anabasis,
Xenon; Company Commander, Charles MacDonald; The Conquest of Gaul, by Julius Caesar;
The Forgotten Soldier, by Guy Sajer; History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides; The
Mask of Command, John Keegan; Stilwell and The American Experience in China, 1911-45,
Barbara Tuchman; Washing of the Spears, Donald Morris; We Were Soldiers Once ... andYoung,
Harold Moore, Joseph Galloway; R.E. Lee: A Biography, Douglas Southall Freeman; The
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T. E. Lawrence; Will, G. Gordon Liddy; The Brothers Karamazov,
Feyodor Dostoyevsky; For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway; Henry V, William
Shakespeare; The Iliad, Homer; The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara; The Odyssey, Homer;
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn; The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen
Crane; The Bible; The Federalist Papers, James Madison et al.; On Strategy: A Critical Analysis
of the Vietnam War, Harry Summers; On War, Carl Clausewitz; Good-bye to All That, Robert
Graves.
POTPOURRI
•!• VMI Superintendent, Major General Josiah Bunting III, was a featured speaker at two
conferences in June. On the 21st, he spoke on "The Qualities of Leadership" to the Rebel
Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) meeting at Washington & Lee. YPO is
an international organization of young chief executive officers (average age 42) of corporations.
Gen. Bunting was the keynote speaker for the second annual conference of the Boy's School
and International Coalition held in Toronto, Canada, June 26. The organization of all boys'
schools (grades K-12) has 150 member schools in seven countries.
•!• JoeL. Presbrey, Jr., age 75 of Richmond, died July 29, 1996. Presbrey was Director of
Public Relations at VMI from July 1962 to August 1972, later holding positions as Information
Officer for the State Air Pollution Control Board and Public Information Officer for the Virginia
Department of Transportation. Memorial services were held August 1, 1996 at the River
Road Presbyterian Church in Richmond.
•!• The summer issue of The Bent, the journal of the engineering scholastic society Tau Beta
Pi, features a full-page, front-cover, color photograph of the Bent of VMI's Virginia Delta
Chapter. The photograph was taken by Gene Marlowe, husband of Michelle Marlowe, secretary
senior in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
•!• Caleb M. Taylor, a second classman from Vinton, is this year's recipient of the "Thomas
Rutherfoord Scholarship," a $2,500 scholarship given by the Virginia Road and Transportation
Builders Association (VRTBA). VRTBA represents the state's transportation construction
industry in its efforts to foster efficient and safe transportation systems for the Commonwealth.
•!• Lt. Col. Thrk McCleskey, USMCR, assistant professor of history and politics, received a
$500 grant from the local chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution to be used in his
research for a book to be titled Black Ned: A Life on the Colonial Frontier. The book is about
Edward Tarr, a Pennsylvania slave who purchased his freedom and moved to the Virginia
frontier in the early 1750s.
•!• The Robert A. Marr School of Continuing Engineering Studies at VMI had a second
session in August marking the first time that the short course offerings have been expanded.
The traditional surveying session was conducted in April with the August session concentrating
on environmental and water quality. The Marr School is administered as a project of the VMI
Research Laboratories with John L. McNemar, '66 the coordinator. Logistical support is
provided by the Conference Office within the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering.
•!• Colonel Patrick M. Mayerchak, professor of political science and director of VMI's
International Studies Program recently returned from a one-month stay at the Australian
Defense Studies Center of the Armed Forces Defense Academy in Canberra, Australia, the
national capital. During his stay, Mayerchak completed the draft for a working paper entitled,
"The United States and Southeast Asia: the Impact of the 1996 Presdential Election." Research
for the paper was carried out in Washington, D.C. in June and early July. While in Australia,
Mayerchak lectured on U.S. foreign policy at Griffith University and the University of
Queensland, in Brisbane. The lectures were sponsored by the United States Information
Service.
CONFERENCE from page 1
National Council on U.S. -Arab Relations,
is entitled "The Political and Economic
Prospects for Security and Peace." The
keynote speaker is The Hon. Robert H.
Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary of State for
Near East Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Also addressing the conference will be
General J. H. Binford Peay III '62, USA,
Commander-in-Chief, United States Central
Command.
The two sessions of the conference,
featuring leading foreign affairs practitioners,
policymakers, and analysts, will examine top
U.S. policy objectives in the Middle East.
Unique "breakout" discussion groups with
individual speakers follow panel sessions on
Gulf security and the Middle East peace
process. This format allows for greater in­depth
interaction between participants.
Registration for the conference begins
Sunday, September 15 at 4 p.m. in Moody
Hall followed by a reception at 5 p.m. in the
George C. Marshall Library. At 6:30 p.m.,
participants will attend an opening dinner in
Moody Hall. At 7:15 p.m., The Hon. Robert
Pelletreau will deliver the keynote address,
the last scheduled event for the day. The
conference resumes on Monday morning at 9
a.m. with plenary sessions and roundtable
discussions. At 4:30 p.m. there will be a full
dress parade by the Corps of Cadets in honor
of the conference attendees. For additional
information on conference events, contact
Christopher Boucek at the National Council
on U.S.-Arab Relations, (202) 293-0801.
VMI WINS S.C.
GRADUATION RATE AWARD
At May's Southern Conference annual
honors dinner, VMI received the conference's
third annual Graduation Rate Award.
The award is presented to the Conference
school which has graduated the highest
percentage of its student -athletes over the past
five years. VMI's rate of 83 percent Jed all 10
S.C. schools. Furman University ranked
second with 77 percent and The Citadel was
third with 75 percent.
Graduation rates are based on those
student -athletes enrolled during the 1988-89
academic year and graduated by August 1994.
The conference uses the annual NCAA
Graduation Rates report in verifying its
figures.
Overall, six of I 0 Southern Conference
institutions had graduation rates among their
student-athletes that equalled or exceeded the
average graduation rates for the overall
student body. VMI's student body graduation
rate for the five-year period was 66 percent.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
A non-denominational service will be held September 29 at 10
a.m. in Jackson Memorial Hall. The service is in recognition ofVMI
Navy and Marine Corps alumni who have given their lives for their
country while in active duty.
Captain George W. Pucciarelli, USN Chaplain Corps, will be
the speaker. Capt. Pucciarelli attended Boston College and St. John
Seminary, earning his Master of Divinity. Service assisgnments
include: active duty in the 1Oth Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine
Division, Fleet Marine Force; the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit in
Lebanon; and Regimental Chaplain to the lOth Marine Regiment.
Due to extensive service he was assigned to the staff of the
commandant of the Marine Corps as Deputy Chaplain, U.S. Marine
Corps later assuming his present position as Chaplain, U.S. Marine
Corps. His decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the
Navy Commendation Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.
Virginia Military Institute, September 11, 1996 Page 11
QUARTERBACK CLUB
KICKS OFF NEW SEASON
Keydet football fans will again be able to get the
complete picture from VMI head football coach Bill
Stewart by being part of the VMI Quaterback Club.
Each Wednesday at noon following a Keydet football
contest, Coach Stewart will greet fans and the media at a
luncheon in Moody Hall to review the previous weekend's action
and preview the upcoming opponent.
All Keydet fans are welcome. Those planning to attend should
make reservations with Karen Robinson in the athletic department
(540) 464-7264.
Sept. 11,18, 25
Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23
Nov. 6, 13,20
1996FALLSPORTSSCHEDULE
Bold-face type indicates a home event
FOOTBALL TENNIS
All Times Eastern Sept.! I at North Carolina A & T 2a.m.
All games will be broadcast on WREL 1450 a.m. Sept.13-15 at ETSU Fall Tournament
Sept. 14 at William and Mary I p.m. Sept.19 Eastern Mennonite College 2p.m.
Sept. 21 at East Tennessee State Noon Sept. 21 at Loyola College IOa.m.
Sept. 28 Furman (Homecoming) 1 p.m. Sept. 22 at Univ. of MD, Baltimore IOa.m.
Oct. 5 at Georgia Southern 3:30p.m. Sept. 28 at Saint Francis College IOa.m.
Oct. 12 Marshall (Parents Weekend) 1 p.m. Sept. 29 Robert Morris College 10a.m.
Oct. 19 at UT-Chattanooga * I p.m. Oct.4 at John Hopkins University 2p.m.
Oct. 26 Open Oct. 5 at Howard University IOa.m.
Nov.2 Western Carolina 1 p.m. Oct. 9 at Liberty University 3 p.m.
Nov. 9 Richmond 1 p.m. Oct. 12-13 Washington & Lee Fall Classic
Nov. 16 The Citadel * 1 p.m. (Davidson College, Radford University)
Nov. 23 at Appalachian State * 3:30p.m. Oct. 20 at UNC-Ashville IOa.m.
Oct. 26 Mount St. Mary's College 1 p.m. * Games will appear on l!m!1l
GOLF
SOCCER Sept. 20-21 Washington & Lee Invitational
Sept. 14 Lynchburg I p.m. Lexington Country Club
Sept. 17 at Richmond 7:30p.m. Sept. 23-24 Virginia State Championships
Sept. 21 at Davidson * 7p.m. Lower Cascades
Sept. 28 Furman* 11 a.m. Oct. 7-8 VMI Invitational
Oct. 2 at Virginia Tech 7p.m. Lexington Country Club
Oct. 5 at Georgia Southern * Noon Oct. 28-29 Radford Invitational
Oct. 9 Washington & Lee # 6:30p.m. Draper Valley
Oct. 12 Marshall* lla.m. Nov. 4-5 Davidson Invitational
Oct. 14 Winthrop 4p.m. River Run
Oct. 22 at St. Francis (PA) 3p.m.
Oct. 25 at Appalachian State * 7p.m.
Oct. 27 at East Carolina I p.m.
Nov. 2 The Citadel * lla.m. CROSS COUNTRY
Nov. 8-10 Southern Conference Tournament TBA Sept. 14 at UVa Invitational 11:15a.m.
Sept. 21 at Winthrop Invitational 9:30a.m.
* Southern Conference games Oct. 5 at Wake Forest Invitational 10:30 a.m.
•:• Mount St. Mary's Tournament Nov.2 at Southern Conference Champ. 10:45 a.m.
#Brewbaker Field, Lexington, VA Nov.l6 NCAA District III Meet TBA
Page 12 The Institute Report, September 11, 1996
CALENDAR OF VMI EVENTS
SATURDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
I p.m. Football, VMI@ William & Mary (Corps Trip).
Sunday, 15 September
4 p.m. Middle East Conference (MEC) registration, Moody Hall.
7:15p.m. MEC keynote address, The Hon. Robert H. Pelletreau,
Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, Moody Hall.
Monday, 16 September
9 a.m. MEC Gulf Security Session Plenary, Marshall Library.
I 0:20 a.m. MEC roundtable discussion groups.
II :30 a.m. MEC Gulf Security Session and Roundtable Summary,
Noon
1:15 p.m.
2:30p.m.
3:45p.m.
Marshall Library.
MEC luncheon, Moody Hall. Speaker, Gen. J. H. Binford
Peay, III '62, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United States
Central Command.
MEC Middle East Peace Process Session Plenary, Marshall
Library.
Roundtable discussion groups.
Middle East Peace Process Session and Roundtable Summary,
Marshall Library.
4:30 p.m. Review parade, parade ground.
Thesday, 17 September
4 p.m. Publications Board meeting, Smith Hall.
Thursday, 19 September
I p.m. Board of Visitors Committee meetings, Smith Hall.
Friday, 20 September
Admissions Open House
9 a.m. Board of Visitors Committee meetings, Smith Hall.
4:30p.m. Review Parade, parade ground.
12:30 p.m. Board of Visitors meeting.
Saturday, 21 September
Admissions Open House
Ranger Challenge
8:30a.m. Board of Visitors meeting.
Noon Football VMI@ ETSU.
Monday, 23 September
7:30p.m. International Studies speaker, Ambassador Robert Kimmitt,
Lejeune Hall.
Friday, 27 September
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LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA 24450-0304
Alumni Reunion Weekend.
4:30p.m. Review Parade, parade ground.
Friends of Preston Library meeting, after parade.
9 p.m. Homecoming Hops, Cocke Hall.
Saturday, 28 September
10:30 a.m. Review Parade, parade ground.
I p.m. Football, VMI vs. Furman, Alumni Memorial Field.
9 p.m. Homecoming Hops, Cocke Hall.
Sunday, 29 September
10 a.m. USN/USMC Memorial Service, Jackson Memorial Hall.
Tuesday, 1 October
II a.m. Corps Address, Dr. Larry Sabato, J.M. Hall.
Thursday, 3 October
7:30p.m. Public Policy Debates: The Flat Tax, Nichols Engineering
Auditorium.
Friday, 4 October
4 p.m. Fall FTX
Noon VMI Research Laboratories meeting.
Saturday, 5 October
8a.m.
3:30p.m.
Fall FTX
VMI Research Laboratories meeting.
Football @ Georgia Southern.
KEYDETFOOTBALLBROADCASTS
TRZ Sports Services will again provide 800 telephone service to
the live play-by-play radio broadcast of 1996 Keydet football games.
To use TEAMLINE for VMI games, fans will dial 1-800-846-4700,
enter their VISA or Mastercard number and expiration date and then be
connected to the live game broadcast direct from the Keydet Radio
Network. TRZ pays for the long distance call while fans are billed on
their credit card a minimum of 50 cents per minute and as low as 30
cents a minute for the service. Using a declining rate card, fans pay less
per minute the longer they listen and can listen as long as they like.
Coverage begins with the ·pregame show and .continues through the
postgame show.
To get the Keydet broadcasts dial 1-800-846-4700 and enter the VMI
Keydets access code 1140.
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