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Fortrea Appoints Sharbaugh ’85 to Board of Directors
Fortrea, a global contract research organization (CRO), announced the appointment of William Sharbaugh ’85 to the Company’s Board of Directors.
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West Point Classes of 1985, 1990 Give Back
The West Point Classes of 1985 and 1990 presented their reunion gifts at the Army football game on Saturday, October 11.
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West Point Graduates Reenact Battle of Lexington on 250th Anniversary
Thousands gathered in Massachusetts to watch a reenactment of the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the famous “shot heard around the world,” which started the Revolutionary War 250 years ago. The current day Lexington Minute Men (LMM), a company of reenactment volunteers including West Point Graduates COL (R) Ralph Gerenz, USAFR ’60, Steve Delity…
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The Long Gray Line’s Memory
Thro’ the years of a century (and a half) told, the Association of Graduates has been preserving the memory of the Corps of an earlier day.
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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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The Seymour Family Parachute Team Endowment
Many cadets play sports for the rush of adrenaline. However, few cadet-athletes can claim to find their adrenaline rush where members of the West Point Parachute Team regularly find theirs—at 12,000 feet above the ground in freefall. Founded in 1959, the West Point Parachute Team is one of the oldest continuously operating parachute teams in…
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Duty, Honor, Country—All the Way!
“Stand up! Hook up! Shuffle to the door! Airborne!” Now imagine taking a long walk toward, not away from, a mine or IED and diffusing it without a bomb suit or robot, instead with what could be jumped in: rope, scissors, and explosives. Fire in the hole! Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) combined with Airborne—that’s courageous,…
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“Duty, Honor, Country” Meets “Faster, Higher, Stronger”
Every living graduate is familiar with General Douglas MacArthur’s famous dictum: “Every cadet an athlete.” MacArthur, Class of 1903, introduced this philosophy when he became West Point Superintendent in 1919, realizing the importance of physical fitness and intramural athletic programs in the wake of the modern warfare he witnessed in World War I.
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Keeping a Father’s Legacy Alive
Every West Point class ring allows the legacies of the Long Gray Line to live on, but for yearling Cadet Dennis “Ricky” McMahon IV ’25, his ring will ensure his father’s legacy and memory are always close at hand.
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Weliver ’85 Assumes New Position at Dewberry Focused on DOD, VA Clients
Scott Weliver ’85 has been named vice president and executive client manager for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs at Dewberry.
