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Bradley And Burgess Visit Institute a . Caiet VOLUME XLX VnOINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VmCINIA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1959 NU)«il!ll 1 Gen. Milton To Retirie In June Superintendent Sees Objectives Fulfilled Major General William H. Milton, Jr., today announced hii? retirement as Superintendent of the Virginia Military Insti-tute, effective next June 30. He submitted his resignation to the VMI Board of Visitors, assembled here this week end for its fall meeting, after noti-fying Governor Almond of his intentions. General Milton, who has been© " Distinguished Visitors Take Corps Revietv This weekend VMI will be host to two most distinguished person-alities, who will take the review at the parade on Friday. They are General Omar Bradley and Mr. Carter L. Burgess. Boi^n in Clark, Missouri on 12 Feb. 1893, General Omar Bradley was given his rather unique first name, because his mother felt that she had to do something drastic to disrtinguish him from many Bradleys in Missouri. He entered West Point in 1911, lettered in football and baseball, amd graduated in 1915, together with his classmate Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom he succeeded 32 years later as U. S. Army Chief of Staff. Having accepted a regular commission in the U. S. Army In-fantry Bradley advanced rapidly. He was graduaited from the Infantry Advanced School in 1925, from Gen-eral Staff College in 1929, amd the Army War College in 1934. In 1938 while he was commandant of the In-fantry School at Fort Benning he was promoted to the rank of Bri-gadier General. Only 48 years old at that time, Bradley was the first of his West point class to have reached General rank. During World War n General Bradley was the commanding officer of the 2nd U. S. Corps of General George S. Patton's 7th Army. Dur-mg the Normandy campaign of 1944, he commanded the 12th army group in France, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg and Germany. At the end of thei'war he became head of the Vetenams Administration and in December 1947 was named succes-sor to General Dwight D. Eisen-hower as U. S. Army chief of Staff (1948-1949). In August 1949 Gen-eral Bradley became the first per-manent chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - the highesit mili-tar>' post in the United States. Promoted_ip general of the Army in 1959, he retired from the board in 1953 to become chairman of the Board of Bulova Research and Development Labs, Inc. Among General Bradley's deco-rations are the Distinguished Ser- (continued on page 2) MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM H. MILTON. JR. Institute Receives New Hardaway Scholarship Institute Receives Mason Bequest The Virginia Military Institute has received a $5,000 bequest from the estate of the late Mrs. Pauline White Mason, of Abingdon. The bequest will be used to establish a scholarship fund in memory of her father, Dr. William Y. C. White, Washington County physician who was graduated froni VMI in 1856. When income from the fund is sufficient a $200 annual scholarship will be awaided a cadet studying pre-medicine, with pre-ference being given to a resident of Washington County. Mrs. Mason died in Abington on August 25, 1957. The VMI Foundation, Inc., today announced receipt of a gift of $50, 000 from the Hardaway Foundation, of Columbus, Ga., to establish a new scholarship fund for Virginia (Mili-tary Institute cadets. The gift wias made by Benjamin Hurt Hairdaway, Jr., of Columbus, through the Hardaway Foundation, which is a foundation started and subscribed to by the Hardaway Con-tracting Company. Mr. Hardaway is head of the Hardaway Foundation and is chairman'of the board of the Hardaway Contracting Company. He is a 1913 graduate of VMI. His gift will be used to establish the Hardaway Scholarship Fund. Eventually four scholarships will be awarded annually under provi'sions of the fund, with the first award be-ing made for the 1960-61 school year. Initial awards will be for $500 each, with the expectation that the value of the scholarships may be inc-creased in the future. "We are particularly pleased and gratified," said Major General Wil-liam H. Milton, VtMI superinten-dent, "to seceive this generous donation from Mr. Hardaway through the VMI Foundation and establish the Hardaway Scholarship Fund. It will provide a substantial and valu-able enlargement to our academic scholarship offerings." Mr. Haixiway, who received a bachelor of science degree upon graduattion from VMI, later Afas awarded a Civil Engineering degree by the Institute. He subsequently received a doctor of science degree al the University of Alabama. He served as a major in the Army in World War n. He has been an active supporter of VMI for many years. His son, Benjamin H. Hardaway, III, was graduated from VMI in 1940. The VMI Foundation is the alumni-sponsored organization devot-ed to furthering the academic wel-fore of the Institute. Electricals Get New Equipment An elaborate set of electrical engineering laboratory equipment has been presented to the Virginia Military Institute by the Westing-house Educational Foundation. Known as a generalized machine laboratory set, the equipment pro-vides a single unit representing both the newer theoretical concepts of electro mechanical energy con-version or the conventional study of alternating and direct current rotating machinery*. The set was presented to VMl's electrical engineering department by C. H. Rice eletrical utility sales manager of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Philadelphia, and R. H. Greame, managers of Westing-house's Richmond branch. The donation is part of a nation-wide pi-ogram under which the foundation is giving laborator> equipment valued at more than $500,000 to accredited electrical departments of colleges and univer-siities throughout the United States. superintendent since 1952, told the board in a statement that the five major objectives he set upon taking office will have been accomplished by his retirement date. With this done, he said he felt a "fresh point of view and a renewed enthusiasm" will be in the best interest of the Institute. General Milton will be 60 next March. The Board of Visitors accepted his resignation effective next June 30th with regret and appointed a com-mittee of the Board composed of Scott S. Huger, of Lexington, Va.. past president of the Alumni As-sociation, General WiUiam M. Sl.<dcc3, J iv of Lj-nchburg. and Giles H. Miller, Jr., of Culpeper, to screen and recommend to the Board a suitable replacement. Harry A. deButts, - president of the Board, said, "Under General Milton's able leadership the Insti-tute has made steady progress and today it is in excellent condition. It is with sincere regret that I leam of his decision to retire." The Superintendent said he has made definite plans foe his activi-ties after his retirement. General Mkon listed the five major objectives set when he became superintendent as: 1. Hie firming up and establish-ment of a sound academic program, which included developments of a strong facult>- and proper recogni-tion of the faculty, improvement of academic standards of the Institute and improvement of admissions standard, 2. Re-establishment of discipline and performance in the Corps of Cadets at least to a pre- World War II standard; 3. Putting the MI physical plant into proper condition, with development of a long-range plan for the Institute, and placing the operation of the Institute under sound business policy; 4. Placing of extracurricular activities — and particularly the major sports, of which football is foremost — in their proper per-spective, and the establishment of a firm athletic and grant-in-aid policy; and 5. To attain a proper balance among the academic mili-tary and athletic activities which contribute to the Corps of Cadets, He paid tribute to the faculty and staff for their work in making accomplishment of his objectives possible. General Milton took office afl VMI's eighth superintendent o« August 1, 1952, and was officially inaugurated in May, 1953. He suc-ceeded Major Genesial Richard J. Maisihall, who served six years as superintendent before his resigna^ ton in 1952. A native of Roanoke, General Milton was graduated from VMI ia. 1920 and 'served 32 years with the General Electric Company befo»e returning as superintendent. He waJ9 a GE vice president and subsequent-ly was general manager of the c<Mn-pany's Knolls Atomic Power Lafoo.- ratory at Schenectady, N. Y. Earlier he served as administrator of the Hanford, Wash., Atomic Energy Plant when GE took over operation of the plant in 1946 for the Federal govermnent. He came to VMI from his position at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. He served in the Marine Corps in World War I. He is maiTied to the formed liCia^? Lois Preston, of Athen, Pa. They have four children. I S B E V n I H n II i> I! II N An erraut rat leariis the pain of a mistake. Cadreman TOM Spicuzza adiuiaisiteni the push ups.
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. September 25, 1959 |
Issue Date | 1959-09-25 |
Volume/Number | Volume 50, number 1 |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
Subject |
Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
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Bradley And Burgess Visit Institute
a . Caiet
VOLUME XLX VnOINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VmCINIA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1959 NU)«il!ll 1
Gen. Milton To Retirie In June
Superintendent Sees
Objectives Fulfilled
Major General William H. Milton, Jr., today announced hii?
retirement as Superintendent of the Virginia Military Insti-tute,
effective next June 30.
He submitted his resignation to the VMI Board of Visitors,
assembled here this week end for its fall meeting, after noti-fying
Governor Almond of his intentions.
General Milton, who has been© "
Distinguished
Visitors Take
Corps Revietv
This weekend VMI will be host
to two most distinguished person-alities,
who will take the review
at the parade on Friday. They are
General Omar Bradley and Mr.
Carter L. Burgess.
Boi^n in Clark, Missouri on 12
Feb. 1893, General Omar Bradley
was given his rather unique first
name, because his mother felt that
she had to do something drastic to
disrtinguish him from many Bradleys
in Missouri. He entered West Point
in 1911, lettered in football and
baseball, amd graduated in 1915,
together with his classmate Dwight
D. Eisenhower, whom he succeeded
32 years later as U. S. Army Chief
of Staff. Having accepted a regular
commission in the U. S. Army In-fantry
Bradley advanced rapidly. He
was graduaited from the Infantry
Advanced School in 1925, from Gen-eral
Staff College in 1929, amd the
Army War College in 1934. In 1938
while he was commandant of the In-fantry
School at Fort Benning he
was promoted to the rank of Bri-gadier
General.
Only 48 years old at that time,
Bradley was the first of his West
point class to have reached General
rank.
During World War n General
Bradley was the commanding officer
of the 2nd U. S. Corps of General
George S. Patton's 7th Army. Dur-mg
the Normandy campaign of
1944, he commanded the 12th army
group in France, Belgium, Holland,
Luxemburg and Germany. At the
end of thei'war he became head of
the Vetenams Administration and in
December 1947 was named succes-sor
to General Dwight D. Eisen-hower
as U. S. Army chief of Staff
(1948-1949). In August 1949 Gen-eral
Bradley became the first per-manent
chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff - the highesit mili-tar>'
post in the United States.
Promoted_ip general of the Army
in 1959, he retired from the board in
1953 to become chairman of the
Board of Bulova Research and
Development Labs, Inc.
Among General Bradley's deco-rations
are the Distinguished Ser-
(continued on page 2)
MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM H. MILTON. JR.
Institute Receives New
Hardaway Scholarship
Institute Receives
Mason Bequest
The Virginia Military Institute
has received a $5,000 bequest from
the estate of the late Mrs. Pauline
White Mason, of Abingdon.
The bequest will be used to
establish a scholarship fund in
memory of her father, Dr. William
Y. C. White, Washington County
physician who was graduated froni
VMI in 1856. When income from the
fund is sufficient a $200 annual
scholarship will be awaided a cadet
studying pre-medicine, with pre-ference
being given to a resident
of Washington County.
Mrs. Mason died in Abington on
August 25, 1957.
The VMI Foundation, Inc., today
announced receipt of a gift of $50,
000 from the Hardaway Foundation,
of Columbus, Ga., to establish a new
scholarship fund for Virginia (Mili-tary
Institute cadets.
The gift wias made by Benjamin
Hurt Hairdaway, Jr., of Columbus,
through the Hardaway Foundation,
which is a foundation started and
subscribed to by the Hardaway Con-tracting
Company. Mr. Hardaway is
head of the Hardaway Foundation
and is chairman'of the board of the
Hardaway Contracting Company. He
is a 1913 graduate of VMI.
His gift will be used to establish
the Hardaway Scholarship Fund.
Eventually four scholarships will be
awarded annually under provi'sions
of the fund, with the first award be-ing
made for the 1960-61 school year.
Initial awards will be for $500 each,
with the expectation that the value
of the scholarships may be inc-creased
in the future.
"We are particularly pleased and
gratified," said Major General Wil-liam
H. Milton, VtMI superinten-dent,
"to seceive this generous
donation from Mr. Hardaway through
the VMI Foundation and establish
the Hardaway Scholarship Fund. It
will provide a substantial and valu-able
enlargement to our academic
scholarship offerings."
Mr. Haixiway, who received a
bachelor of science degree upon
graduattion from VMI, later Afas
awarded a Civil Engineering degree
by the Institute. He subsequently
received a doctor of science degree
al the University of Alabama. He
served as a major in the Army in
World War n. He has been an active
supporter of VMI for many years.
His son, Benjamin H. Hardaway, III,
was graduated from VMI in 1940.
The VMI Foundation is the
alumni-sponsored organization devot-ed
to furthering the academic wel-fore
of the Institute.
Electricals Get
New Equipment
An elaborate set of electrical
engineering laboratory equipment
has been presented to the Virginia
Military Institute by the Westing-house
Educational Foundation.
Known as a generalized machine
laboratory set, the equipment pro-vides
a single unit representing
both the newer theoretical concepts
of electro mechanical energy con-version
or the conventional study
of alternating and direct current
rotating machinery*.
The set was presented to VMl's
electrical engineering department
by C. H. Rice eletrical utility sales
manager of Westinghouse Electric
Corporation, Philadelphia, and R.
H. Greame, managers of Westing-house's
Richmond branch.
The donation is part of a nation-wide
pi-ogram under which the
foundation is giving laborator>
equipment valued at more than
$500,000 to accredited electrical
departments of colleges and univer-siities
throughout the United States.
superintendent since 1952, told the
board in a statement that the five
major objectives he set upon taking
office will have been accomplished
by his retirement date. With this
done, he said he felt a "fresh point
of view and a renewed enthusiasm"
will be in the best interest of the
Institute. General Milton will be
60 next March.
The Board of Visitors accepted his
resignation effective next June 30th
with regret and appointed a com-mittee
of the Board composed of
Scott S. Huger, of Lexington, Va..
past president of the Alumni As-sociation,
General WiUiam M.
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