Call To Quarters - Fall/Winter 2012-2013

Photo Credits:

Cover - taken by Shawn Shreves

Page 24 - taken by Todd Giszack

Pages 30-33 - Provided by Winston Brown and the Lomong family

Pages 34-35 - taken by Kate Pendergrass

Pages 40-41 - taken by Kevin Reynolds

Pages 64-66 - Provided by Helen Carter

All other photographx by Dan Thompson

Call to Quarters is a publication of Fork Union Military Academy. Mission Statement

The mission of this publication is to develop a community committed to supporting the Academy through their prayers, active involvement, and financial giving.

This magazine endeavors to inform and entertain its audience of alumni, cadets, parents, grandparents, staff, and friends of the Academy with stories and pictures of the Academy’s history, current events, alumni news, and the Academy’s plans for the future.

Further, this magazine seeks to motivate its audience to be actively involved in Academy life by their participation in campus events, through fellowship and networking with alumni, by actively recommending the Academy to prospective students and alerting the Admissions Office to potential recruiting opportunities, and by giving regular financial support to meet the needs of the Academy and its cadets. Fork

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RADM J. Scott Burhoe, USCG (Ret.), is the tenth President of Fork Union Military Academy.

president’s message

RADM J. SCOTT BURHOE

I am blessed to begin a second year as President of Fork Union Military Academy. This last year was spent learning from alumni, trustees, faculty, staff, parents, community leaders, and cadets.

Early last year a Statement of Educational Philosophy was published, which is still used as our guide for executing the Academy’s vision and mission. This mission has stood the test of time, yet the vision remains unfulfilled.

As we embark on a long-range planning effort to gain alignment on how best to accomplish the mission and attain our vision, many believed it would be helpful to draw a picture [with words] of what Fork Union Military Academy would look like if we all worked together with alignment, unity of effort, and a clear sense of purpose.

This picture is called Fork Union 2020. It is a glimpse of FUMA seven years into the future.

I am not a futurist…and while I believe in the Holy Spirit… I do not believe that any person can predict the future. The future is clearly in God’s hands…not ours.

I do believe, however, that work done today can create a better tomorrow…and believe that if an organization works toward a common future, it increases the likelihood that this future will occur.

As you read Fork Union 2020, I hope you too will believe that the school you are reading about can be created right here, in the same oak grove Dr. Hatcher selected over a hundred years ago… and I hope you will find a way to help make this future possible.

This “thought piece” is intended to stimulate the

candid, honest, and open conversations required to accomplish the challenges that lie ahead. It is also intended to create and sustain the momentum necessary to break free of the “tyranny of the present” and better navigate our journey toward the future.

Fork Union 2020 describes a school that is a national leader among independent boarding schools where faculty, facilities, and programs exemplify excellence, particularly in the area of academic preparation for higher education. It describes a school where the environment and culture promote Christian values and cultivate leadership, strength of character, self-discipline, and all the other skills essential for life-long learning and service to others.

It is through this holistic development of body, mind, and spirit that the finest leaders are educated, shaped, and inspired.

Please join us on this journey. Go FUMA!

RADM J. Scott Burhoe addresses the crowd during a recent full-dress parade.

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Fork Union Military Academy

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By RADM J. Scott Burhoe

The night sky above Jacobson Hall with the stars appearing to circle around Polaris, the North Star. This photograph is actually a series of 30-second exposures taken over the course of a couple of hours and composited together to show the star trails produced by the Earth’s rotation.

In 2020, Fork Union Military Academy is thriving...

The Washington Post published an article highlighting the innovative leadership and character development program, and ASCD’s Educational Leadership publication placed the Academy on its cover as a model for mental, physical, social, and spiritual development.

The media focuses on the success of graduates and their impact as innovative business leaders, their achievements in sports therapy and medicine, their distinguished military service, and their servant leadership. Every graduate attributes his success to the learning experience, environment, and discipline at Fork Union.

The leadership and character development program is also credited with providing a wide range of international students with the skills necessary to assume high-level positions in government and business around the world.

As you drive onto this spectacular campus you are impressed by its blend of beauty and strength. The Academy is comprised of individuals with different backgrounds, races, creeds, and religions…and there is a clear mandate to continue the equity achieved over the last decade. It is clear that one of the “best aspects of the military system” in play here is that everyone is equally valued, and treated with respect.

The Corps, faculty, and staff are diverse. This diversity strengthens and unifies the mission of educating, developing, and inspiring the next generation of young men to live meaningful lives with purpose. Everyone is committed to the school’s core values of respect, integrity, faith, character, and discipline.

The cadets walk and march with pride in themselves, and the school they represent. They openly acknowledge that attending school here is not without sacrifice. Many worldly distractions are absent. Even though the use of appropriate technology abounds, its purpose is to facilitate learning and bring efficiency to the staff. It is not used to fill time or for pure entertainment.

A sanctuary exists, unlike any other independent boarding school. Students acknowledge and appreciate that they have more planned opportunities to collaborate in person, and more time to study, reflect, and improve their personal fitness. Cadets, faculty, and staff feel valued, connected, and committed to the Academy’s mission.

The cadets are challenged in the classroom, through athletic competition, and on the drill field. They excel as a result of the teaching, support, and mentorship provided by nationally recognized professionals who work at the Academy to make a positive difference in the lives of the young men entrusted to their care.

What you also realize as you interact with the people who work and study here is that you’ve entered a world you wish existed everywhere. All around you is a vibrancy and joy that comes from doing what you love to do, and accomplishing what is best for your future. All around you are people who are physically fit and energized.

Everyone welcomes you to their Academy, yet you recognize immediately that there is an emphasis on safety and security. Even as you are welcomed, you know as a prospective student that you will need to work hard to achieve what you see in these cadets; you know as a parent that your son will be loved and cared for…and that those who work here have empathy and concern, and understand the personal investment you’ve made for your son.

There is a seriousness surrounding the Academy, yet there is also a sense of community where people are open, candid, honest, and respectful of each other and their neighbors. Everyone takes their work seriously, but it is clear that enthusiasm and discipline exist side-by-side. Cheerful optimism and energy abound.

You see images of the past, where graduates and benefactors are honored and sometimes revered, but you also see and feel a connection to the future. Nearly everywhere you go there is a strong connection between this college preparatory military school called Fork Union Military Academy and the God we serve.

You see intentionality, a distinct understanding that man’s purpose on Earth is to serve God, and that through Him, Fork Union serves the needs of its cadets and the nation.

You are surrounded by people - students, staff, and faculty alike - with a voracious appetite to learn, and the confidence to persevere in creative problem solving. Cadets impress you as confident communicators.

The ever-increasing technical demands of nations will only be met by graduates whose secondary education remains rooted in a curriculum of math, science, history, English, and the social sciences. The faculty knows that their first allegiance and responsibility, the reason they work at this Academy, is to shepherd this intellectual growth and serve as positive leadership examples.

Plans for a Leadership Development Center are complete, and a Leadership Chair selected to lead this effort, as well as implement plans to create a twoyear military college program on this very campus.

Over the last five years, on the circle in the middle of campus, a “Body, Mind, and Spirit Center” has emerged. This world-class, LEED certified building contains the best strength and aerobic equipment, an entire floor dedicated to counseling and learning resources, and a Chaplain’s office where a team of youth ministers helps cadets nourish and strengthen their faith.

Athletic fields, all groomed and manicured, now wrap themselves around the entire campus from the Gus Lacy Track behind Jacobson Hall, around Pruitt Lake, to the Dorothy Thomasson Estes Dining Facility where a multisport stadium with a stateof-the-market artificial turf surface with lights can be seen. It is always filled with sporting contests and other activities. Overlooking the field, the William Frank Hotel has been restored, and is attracting tourists to Fork Union to visit this extraordinary school.

Quite simply, Fork Union Military Academy is the model private Christian boarding/day school with a military lifestyle. It is a unique blend of support, challenge, intellectual stimulation, and physical development with a clear mandate for preparing its students for one purpose, serving God and leading America and the world.

These graduates have the confidence, intellect, energy, enthusiasm, discipline, and compassion to accomplish anything they set their body, mind, and spirit to do.

LTC Don Moore (FUMA ‘90) is the Executive Director of Development.

development desk

LTC Don Moore ‘90

Dear FUMA family and friends:

My name is LTC Don Moore and I am honored to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of Development of Fork Union Military Academy--the position formerly held by COL Bobby Cobb. Like Bobby, I am a proud FUMA graduate, excited by the opportunity to serve this beloved Academy as it has served me.

When I retired from a 20-year Army career earlier this year, my wife Maggie and I came to Fork Union with the intent of enrolling our oldest son. As we visited with old friends on campus, we became aware of COL Cobb’s upcoming retirement and the wide search for his replacement. At home later that night, the idea of returning to the Academy took hold - a vision of a vibrant future here that led me to pursue this admittedly challenging yet incredibly rewarding job. Even more obvious to us now is that there is absolutely no better place for Maggie and me to raise our four children and give of ourselves than to that which was so formative in our own lives.

You see, our ties to this Academy run deep. Not only were my brother and I former cadets, but our father was a faculty member in the Commandant’s Office for twelve years and my mother was a regular volunteer. Amazingly, Maggie’s own history is deeply entwined with the school: her mother worked as a nurse in the infirmary for a decade; her brother is a 1995 graduate; and her stepfather (MAJ Michael Hooper) just marked his 25th year of teaching and coaching (and was my football coach!). We grew up on campus amongst the Blair, Cobb, Sullivan, Shuman, Hitchcock, Pulliam, Sidwell, Arritt, Hardy, Washington, and Golgosky families, as well as other long-loved faculty of the Academy. Coming back to Fork Union is indeed a coming home.

With the excitement of so many things new, I had to remind myself that we cannot forget the foundation of our very existence. We cannot forget how blessed we are to have the men and women who have dedicated their lives, some

more than 50 and 60 years, and faithfully served the Academy and its young men. Furthermore, we cannot forget how lucky we are to have amazing individuals and groups who answer our needs by providing generous gifts and volunteering their time and services.

I was recently asked what my (our) biggest challenge would be. It did not take long for me to state that we must continuously work hard to financially secure the future of the Academy. That future is not only constructing and renovating facilities but maintaining quality teachers, achieving full enrollment, and increasing annual operational funding. There are regular unforeseen challenges, such as insurance restrictions and major mechanical repairs that currently require several buses, mini-buses, and vans to be replaced in order to transport teams and clubs to their events. As budgeted operational funding is redirected to temporarily address these transportation needs, the much-needed painting of our iconic Hatcher Hall must be put on hold. To meet and stay ahead of current science curriculum standards, renovations to the Wicker Science laboratories are necessary. Yes, our financial security is key to affording future young men the best mental, spiritual, and physical education possible.

In closing, it is an honor to serve in a role where two of my childhood mentors, COL R.L. Pulliam and COL Bobby Cobb, tirelessly worked for so many decades to help secure the future of our Academy. While I cannot promise perfection, I will promise my best effort coupled with honesty, professionalism, determination, an untiring work ethic, and to serve as an example of what we ask of the young men here today.

On behalf of the faculty and staff of Fork Union Military Academy, my family and I thank you for your amazing support and prayers.

God Bless!

Don Moore ‘90

Our staff in the Development, Communications, & Alumni Relations Department consists of five talented and hard-working individuals; four of them (including myself) came on this year. After only a few months of team building and assessment, I am pleased to report that we are full of energy, initiative, and long-term dedication to securing FUMA’s vibrant future, and treasured past. We are intimately involved in the development of the Academy’s new strategic plan, which will define and guide our future work in the Development Office. Just as important, we have dedicated much of our efforts getting to know many of you; gathering information; and considering the suggestions and recommendations that many of you graciously took the time to discuss with us. - Don Moore

(clockwise from top left) Don Moore talks with alumnus Steven Acsai (‘63); Kate Pendergrass supervises the press conference she set up with Under Armour; Jamie Krogh, Laura Luniewski, and Kate at our football tailgate event; Dan Thompson edits the Call To Quarters magazine; Kate meets alumnus Steve Meilinger ‘50, the Redskins first round draft pick in 1954 (Kate is a big Skins fan); Laura at another successful event she planned; Jamie, Kate, and Dan at a FUMA football game.

How Sarah Lit a Fire

“I can tell you God has given me perfect peace, because I know when I close my eyes for the last time, I will awake in the arms of Jesus.”

- Sarah Alice Bronson

There is a part of the Fork Union Military Academy campus that is often forgotten and neglected. The Sarah Alice Bronson Commons is a memorial unknown to many cadets nowadays. It is usually seen as a shortcut to get to the mess hall or the Sabre Shop. In reality, the Sarah Alice Bronson Commons is one of several memorials on the Fork Union campus. The money for this memorial was donated by FUMA trustee Thomas Bronson in memory of his late wife’s death. Thomas and his wife, Sarah, were successful business people admired for their faith. Many cadets are not aware of why this memorial exists. I was one of these cadets when I first came here in the eighth grade, until one weekend when I actually read the quote and became interested in this woman’s story. Sarah’s quotation has meant much to me since that day. This quotation changed my life from that weekend on because I came to the realization that I need not worry about all of life’s complexities as long as I have a firm belief in God. I know when my time comes I will be at peace just as Sarah was when she passed away. Sarah’s memorial lit the spiritual fire within me that will end up saving me from the fool’s demise.

At the time, Sarah’s words were rather conflicting to my young ears. I wondered how it was that she could feel “perfect peace” and a certain amount of excitement when she knew she was going to die. I found this confusing because my whole life up to that point was centered on this fear of death and value of life. My confusion with Sarah’s words spurned me into asking those closest to me what they thought about their meaning. I learned from my parents and the Bible that when a person chooses to believe in and follow Jesus, he/she no longer fears death because God has promised him/her the glory of Heaven. I learned that Heaven is a much better place than this world and should be looked forward to. Once I truly understood Sarah’s words, I found

An Essay by Cadet Brandon Welch

that there is not an answer to everything that God does. A month later, I learned my uncle had just passed away from his two year fight with a severe brain tumor. I looked up to and loved my uncle, David Welch. With his death still fresh on my mind, I went back to the commons and sat on one of the benches to cry for a while, not so much because I was mourning his death, but because I recognized the full beauty in Sarah’s words. I was blessed to have these two people influence my life.

Sarah Alice Bronson gave new meanings of life and death to my expanding vocabulary. I no longer saw death as a sordid event, but saw life as just a great journey to an even greater life. Death was simply the end of the journey. Sarah’s memorial sparked a whole new learning craze within me. I spent months learning as much as I could about Jesus’ teachings. Reading God’s word has led me to become a true Christian and to accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior. The Sarah Alice Bronson Commons is now a place of peaceful worship for me, where I enjoy coming to pray and to think of my uncle and Sarah once in a while. The majority of the cadets still have no idea what the commons is, but that is okay because I believe that Sarah and Thomas would be proud of their memorial as long as it has had an effect on even one cadet.

I see a new beauty in life and death that I never thought possible before. Life is a fragile gift from God that must be treated as such. The purpose of life is to help others realize this fact. Sarah has certainly helped me come to this realization, and I see it as my duty to have the effect on others that she has had on me. Those who choose to follow the harder but more peaceful path of Christianity will be rewarded with eternal life in heaven, rather than eternal pain in Hell. Sarah awoke me to this fact, and I cannot do much to thank her other than awakening others to this fact as well. The quotation from the Sarah Alice Bronson Commons jolted me out of complacency with my life, and now every time I pass through Sarah’s grounds, I get a renewed sense of duty to inform all about the glory of God. Sarah did not just introduce me to Jesus Christ; she introduced me to life’s real purpose.

LTC Steve Macek is FUMA’s Director of Amissions.

from admissions

LTC Steve Macek

Christopher*, an 8th grade student, visited Fork Union Military Academy in January of 2012. When asked why he was visiting FUMA he replied, “In public school, I am not surrounded by people who want me to do good.” Christopher came across as very optimistic and loved to play football, lacrosse and basketball. His relationship with his family was great and he had quite a few good friends at home.

Although Christopher had been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and took medication to help manage this, his report card reflected mostly A’s and B’s, and he tested at the advanced level in mathematics.

On his character reference form, Christopher’s English teacher wrote, “Christopher is a leader as well as an independent thinker. He has the ability to motivate other students and always takes charge of small group assignments. Christopher takes responsibility for his own learning; he asks for assistance when needed and works hard at home to strengthen his understanding of concepts learned in class.” His principal wrote, “Over the three years I have known Christopher, I have watched him grow from an immature boy to a responsible young man. I have no doubt that Christopher could be successful at any high school. He has wonderful support from his family.”

Following his visit to Fork Union Military Academy, his mother and father completed an application for enrollment. To the question, “How do you think the student feels about enrolling and participating in class and activities at Fork Union Military Academy?” they answered, “He has been interested since we began discussing it, but it’s turned into, ‘I want to go here’ since the Academy visit. He recognizes the value of ‘less is more.’”

Christopher was an excellent candidate for admission to Fork Union Military Academy and

we were happy to offer Christopher acceptance to our school. His family applied for tuition assistance and was awarded just over $13,000, more than 20% over our average financial aid award, leaving a balance of a little less than $20,000 the family would have to pay for tuition, room and board, and uniforms for the year.

In June, Christopher’s mother, Betsy*, wrote us saying, “Hope this lovely summer day finds you well. I’m writing because we’ve run into an enrollment issue, and I am hoping you can direct me the right way to assistance. We applied for financial aid for Christopher, and were kindly sent an award notification. Unfortunately, our family has recently experienced a ‘personal economic downturn’ and we are really struggling with a way to find our share of tuition for the upcoming school year. Our situation will become more critical in July when my husband’s employer raises their health insurance rates. I am heartsick with the thought that Christopher may not be able to attend the Academy this fall. If you can let me know who else to talk to – I would be happy to come meet with anyone who would assist us.”

Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we were not able to help Christopher’s family get their son enrolled this year. I wish this were a unique case, but Admissions speaks with dozens of high quality applicants each year who have the potential to improve both themselves and the Academy. But affordability becomes the issue. We simply do not have enough financial aid and scholarship funds to help all those who qualify afford to come to our Academy. Only through the increased generosity of our alumni and friends can we hope to enroll young men like Christopher and fill our beds in the barracks each year.

*Names have been changed, but all other information is based on true events.

Admissions

by the Numbers

# of Inquiries (Sept. 2011 - Aug. 2012): 6,661

Each inquirer receives a package of informational brochures and DVD-Videos about FUMA.

# of Applications (Sept. 2011 - Aug. 2012): 458

Each applicant is reviewed and interviewed to make sure they are mission-appropriate for FUMA.

# of New Students Admitted (2012): 212

Opening Enrollment

Since the recession began at the end of 2008, enrollment has continued to be an ongoing challenge. Family income has fallen, and even though we froze tuition for three straight years, affordability continues to be a problem for many families.

We have increased our financial aid budget significantly in recent years, but it is not enough to meet current demand and keep our school full of deserving students.

Only 7% of our applicants report income at the level usually considered to be the audience of most top boarding schools, greater than $250,000 in household income. An astonishing 41% of those actively seeking enrollment at Fork Union Military Academy report household annual incomes of $50,000 or less.

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Zach

Zakee

Oshari

It’s All AboutAccess

By LTC Todd Gizsack Assistant to the President

Independent schools have developed a certain vocabulary used to communicate aspects of our business. For example, “yield” refers to the percentage of our applicants that actually enroll, “diversity” speaks to the racial demographics of the student body, and “advancement” is synonymous with fundraising, alumni relations, and marketing. Throughout the economic tumult of the past six years, a new word has been added to the jargon lexicon“access” - which describes in general terms the mechanisms by which families can pay for a private school education.

Improving Access

Access is an important concept, as most independent schools develop their annual operating budgets based on enrollment and the income derived from tuition. At FUMA we have taken great strides to financially help families turn their sons into cadets. Since 2006, the number of need-based financial aid recipients has tripled, while our overall aid budget has quadrupled. Yet for many families our best efforts to help are still not enough.

Major Craig Moon Access Scholarship

This year, thanks to the benevolence of a member of our Board of Trustees who established the Major Craig Moon Access Scholarship, there are five young men here who would not otherwise have been able to attend the Academy. Of these five recipients, four are new to FUMA this year - Zakee in the freshman class, Oshari in the

8th grade, and Travis and Larry in the 6th grade. Only Zachary was here last year, and returned to us as a Middle School officer. We look for great things from each of them as we help them grow into the men they will become.

The Major Craig Moon Access Scholarship is named for Major Craig Moon, who was a FUMA cadet in the mid 1970’s. Craig went on to do great things, enrolling at the University of Maryland on an ROTC scholarship. He bravely served his country as an expert pilot in the United States Air Force, eventually earning the rank of Major. He went on to earn his MBA and was later invited to return to FUMA to serve on our Board of Trustees - an opportunity he gladly accepted. Sadly, he passed away in 2009, before he’d had a chance to attend his first meeting. His mother Marion graciously agreed to serve in his place, and this year she established the scholarship in her son’s name.

Breaking New Ground

In creating this unique scholarship, new ground has been broken in terms of access to FUMA. While there are several endowed scholarships that are distributed to deserving cadets each year, the Major Craig Moon Access Scholarship is the first named scholarship available for distribution for first-year cadets. Given the immediate impact that this scholarship has had on our enrollment, we’re hopeful that we may be able to create similar programs in the near future.

Thank you, Mrs. Moon...

The boys receiving the Major Craig Moon Access Scholarship all wrote thank you notes to Mrs. Moon expressing their appreciation and telling her a bit about themselves and their experiences at Fork Union Military Academy.

“For those who have nothing and nobody...”

Our Founder’s Thoughts on “Access”

Dr. William E. Hatcher’s biography, written by his son Eldridge Hatcher, is full of tales of the sacrifices he made to provide for the boys who attended his school. Even in the last year of his life, as he traveled throughout South Carolina preaching for revival services, one of his traveling companions suggested he take a sleeper car so he could rest on the train overnight. Dr. Hatcher refused, saying, “I curtail every expense possible; for you know there are several boys looking to me for help.” At seventy-eight years of age, he would still sit up all night on a train so his money could go to help the poor students at his Academy.

In one of his letters to a fellow pastor, Dr. Hatcher wrote:

“The school at Fork Union, supposed to be a mine of gold to me, has never yielded me one copper of income though it has offered it to me several times, but the school has needed my help so much that I felt it was more necessary, if not more blessed, to give than receive, and much of what little comes my way goes into the life of that school in the way of helping very gifted and ambitious, needy boys.”

His son writes:

“He took pride in the thought that the Academy was a giver rather than a recipient.... Yea, he rejoiced that he had done far more, he had made it a fountain of blessing in the aid and training that it had given to many a poor ambitious boy and in the sending out of wellequipped young men into the denomination to fill its pulpits, its professor’s chairs and other positions of influence. It was this fact that cheered him and nerved him to his sacrifices and activities.”

“The regnant principle of the Academy,” Eldridge Hatcher wrote, “was to help the fellow at the bottom.” He records his father’s words:

“Fork Union has a way of finding gifted and aspiring boys and helping them to get their

education, -- those of them at least which need help. This constitutes one feature of the school in which my heart is most deeply interested. It has come to pass that Fork Union is known to be a place where bright and clever boys love to come because it is known that we try to make it easier for those who have nothing and nobody to help them in starting.”

In the last weeks of his life, his health declining, Dr. Hatcher worried whether the Academy would even continue to exist after his death. As he considered this, he said to his wife, “Well, even though it should die, it has at least given me the opportunity of helping many a poor boy get an education.”

Dr. Hatcher’s school did not die with him, but his vision of this Academy as a place that tries to “make it easier for those who have nothing and nobody to help them in starting” is becoming more of a challenge in these economic times.

This school now falls to our collective stewardship to keep Dr. Hatcher’s concept of “access” to the Academy alive and strong.

Dr. William E. Hatcher was a well-known Baptist minister who founded the Academy in 1898.

Peter Lomong (second from left) gets off the starting line at a recent relay race at FUMA.

It’s the kind of remarkable success story that always seems to happen at that one special place...

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Only FUMA!

By MAJ Winston Brown

This story starts with one name –Lopez Lomong. The Sudanese lost boy turned American Olympian is a story big enough to fill this publication. So for brevity’s sake, I’ll give you the abridged edition.

A Lost Boy of Sudan Runs for His Life

Lomong was captured as a six-year-old and forced into the rebel army in South Sudan. His likely assignment would have been as a “human shield” in this bitter civil war, but he and two other boys daringly escaped through a hole in the camp’s fence and ran for three days and nights. They thought they were headed back home to Kimotong but were, in fact, going in the other direction. They ended up in Kenya where they were captured and sent to the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Lopez lived there for ten long years before a mission program led to his being adopted by a couple in upstate New York. In the meantime, Lomong’s family back home in Sudan had performed a funeral for him years earlier, assuming he was dead.

In America, the athletic Lopez would become a track and field star in high school. That would

be the easy part. Lomong came to America with no formal education whatsoever. In just three years he would learn a new language, learn how to read, and manage to successfully fulfill the requirements to graduate from high school.

Enter HBO’s “Real Sports”

After a year at Norfolk State University, Lomong headed west to Northern Arizona University and the thin air of Flagstaff. After winning a couple of NCAA track titles, his story caught the eye of HBO’s Real Sports and the show decided to take him back to Africa to find his family. The emotional fifteen-minute segment chronicled Lopez’s return to Sudan and the reunion with his parents and siblings.

While in Africa with the film crew, Lopez met two younger brothers he never knew he had –Peter and Alex Lomong. The broadcast segment ended with Lomong stating he wanted to give his two young brothers the opportunity to someday come to America and attend school as he had.

And this is where the FUMA side of the story begins...

I remember thinking that October night that maybe FUMA could be the place for the young Lomong brothers. I looked at my wife Beth who was finishing up a good cry. We had recently moved into a decent-sized home off campus, we had no children and I personally had hit a point in my career at FUMA where I was asking what next? We knew instantly what we wanted to do.

Using the FUMA Network

Fortunately, we had a connection to Lopez through the always reliable “FUMA Family.” Within fifteen minutes of the segment I was in contact with FUMA alumnus and track standout David Fleenor (class of 1988). David had become a close friend during an incredible run of FUMA track teams in recent years. He gave a great deal of time to the program through the lens of his camera. His pictures told the story of the super successful times we were in, winning 21 state track titles in a row, having a National

Champion runner, winning 20 consecutive championship meets in the three running sports. Fleenor had been a teammate of Lopez’s coach, John Hayes, while running in college for the University of Georgia. David was as quick to the draw as we were and in the same evening that we saw the incredible piece on Lopez, we were already in contact with him. Those are the kind of track network connections you wouldn’t find at most high schools today - only at FUMA!

Hurdles to Cross

As fast as the contact came, there were still many obstacles ahead and much to do. Lomong was now a professional athlete and in the middle of trying to make his first Olympic team. FUMA ran the table for one more year, becoming state champions once again behind the exploits of Jeremy Haney, Brian Zitterkopf and Austin Ofoma.

Friends and family of Lopez Lomong in his home village of Kimotong in South Sudan.

To celebrate our fourth anniversary, my wife and I embarked on a cross country journey to Oregon to watch the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials at historic Hayward Field in Eugene. We had talked several times with Lopez about bringing his brothers over but we had never met him in person. By chance I bumped into him in the festival area of the trials. He was surprised to see me and obviously preoccupied by the daunting task ahead. Lomong would run in the now famous 800 meter final and finish 5th behind the Oregonian sweep. He had one more event and one more chance to go to Beijing. On the final day of the trials, Lomong had the intensity of a prize fighter as the finalists of the 1500 toed the line. With a ferocious last 400, he punched his ticket to the Olympics and, little did he know, an even bigger honor.

We met Lopez at the fence along the edge of the track. The victory lap taken by all three qualifiers has become a ceremony in itself. Lopez was trembling when we briefly spoke, “Coach, I’ll get the boys when the Olympics are over!”

Olympic Flag Bearer

Lopez arrived in Beijing to learn that he had been chosen by his teammates to carry the American flag in the Opening Cermony, a huge honor not handed out lightly. For the former “lost boy” who once subsisted on one meal a day, how big was it to be carrying the flag for the most powerful nation on earth on the world’s biggest stage? It has been said in Ancient times that Olympians are chosen by the Gods. Lopez Lomong is living proof of that.

Lomong finished out the Olympiad by making the semifinals of the 1500. At a time when most Olympians are attending parades and parties in their honor, he made good on his promise in Eugene and left immediately for Africa. Armed with all the paperwork we thought he would need, he was met with a sea of red tape.

Wading Through Red Tape

Life for the Sudanese often requires them to move at a moment’s notice due to the ongoing war. The Lomong family spends a great deal of time living apart. For Rita Lomong, Lopez’s mother, that means living in Kenya when things get dangerous. The split residency only made

Lomong’s job that much tougher.

We didn’t hear from him for several months, and our once eager anticipation of this undertaking soon turned to worry. We heard from Lopez in November, and he informed us it would take another trip to get all the paperwork finished. After Christmas of 2008, he returned to Kenya in hopes of bringing back his brothers. To finish the process, he had to take the boys from Kenya back to Sudan to obtain passports, a difficult and dangerous task. Though he was successful, one more hurdle remained in the process - the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. After telling the Embassy worker to take his credit card and ”swipe it as many times as you need,” the final approval was granted and we got the call that they’d been successful.

A Red Letter Day

In my time at FUMA, I have had the privilege to help several international students come here to school. One of the perks is waiting for them at the International Terminal at Dulles Airport. There is an energy there that I imagine isn’t much different than the old days at Ellis Island.

On February 13, 2009, my father-in-law and I made the trip to the airport and waited for that magic moment when Peter, Alex and Lopez would come through the double doors of customs and begin their time in America. In the late afternoon on a chilly day far different from those in Sub-Saharan Africa, they arrived. It was a moment that none of us will ever forget!

Peter, Lopez, and Alex Lomong (left to right) attend the Penn Relays in 2009, shortly after the boys’ arrival in the U.S.

The next few months would be filled with adjustment and assimilation. Peter and Alex did a fantastic job of learning a new language and a new way of life. Beth and I were often given a glimpse into the harsh realities of life in a ThirdWorld country. Not long after they arrived, the younger brother, Alex, was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In Africa, tuberculosis is often a deadly disease but thanks to both the Infirmary staff and the local Health Department, Alex was successfully treated and is no longer at risk. There were many wonderful times as well, times of discovery of things that many of us take for granted: things like warm water, amusement parks, toys, the basic joys of childhood. On their second day in America, the two brothers with swift precision and wonderful economy of motion successfully treed a squirrel – on the Downtown Mall of Charlottesville.

Peter and Alex also brought a bit of luck to our home. In the early weeks after their arrival, my wife seemed tired and overwhelmed by the experience. Not long after a clumsy pep talk on my part, we discovered that our family would grow by one more. On November 19th of that year we welcomed Jonah Kiptoo Purcell Brown into the world. His arrival made for a wonderful conclusion to a year of massive change.

The track team lost the state title for the first time in twenty-one years, my mother nearly died three times, and Beth and I went from zero to three children.

The Brothers Blossom

Though Peter and Alex are brothers, their time in Africa was very different. Alex went with his mother to Kenya, where he more than likely contracted TB. He and Peter did not see one another for three years. Peter, like so many young boys in Africa, was left to help with the farm and specifically the cattle. His days in Kimotong consisted of taking the cows out to pasture early in the morning and returning just before sundown with hopefully all the cows in tow.

Though both boys had an uphill climb academically, it was obvious from early on that Peter would do whatever it took to succeed. In his first Fork Union Invitational, he claimed a coveted Top-Five t-shirt, and without hesitation he tossed it to a friend and teammate. It was an extraordinary act of kindness for a boy of thirteen. Both have overcome huge obstacles to become local heroes and productive cadets. After finishing his treatment for tuberculosis, Alex began to slowly improve his English and blossom as more than just a little brother. Both possess a boatload of God-given talent for running, just like their big brother Lopez.

While Peter and Alex worked their way through the often awkward middle school years, Lopez began to fully realize the American dream. In 2009, he finished the track season with a world top-ten ranking. His story was put to paper with the release of his autobiography, Running For My Life. He also started a foundation to help those in his village in South Sudan. The endorsement frenzy that comes with every Olympic year has been good to Lopez as well, with deals coming from Proctor and Gamble, VISA, and Nike. In June 2012, he made his second Olympic team and ran his way to the final in London where he placed tenth in the world.

In mid-September, we all celebrated Lopez’s return from the 2012 Olympics with his arrival at our home. On the Sunday before he left to finish his book signing tour, the three Lomong brothers headed out to the woods of our home to play with airsoft rifles. At that moment it

Peter, Jonah, Lopez, and Alex enjoy a moment together before Lopez competed in the 2012 Olympic Trials to earn his spot on the U. S. Olympic Team for the second time.

occurred to me just how much their lives had changed. Laughing and rolling around on the ground while dodging little pellets is a far cry from the way life used to be. For Lopez it was a brief piece of childhood that he never had the opportunity to have. It was a lesson in how good we all have it in America.

One of the great aspects of the last four years has been the tremendous outpouring of help from not just the “FUMA Family” but the local community as well. Though I have taught and coached here for sixteen years, I have in recent years learned what a great school we really have from the parental side.

I don’t know if this could happen at any other school. Is there another school that could take two boys from such a different background and make it work so well? Would another community be as good as this one is to Peter and Alex? How many professional athletes are as selfless as Lopez Lomong? How lucky was FUMA to happen upon three wonderful young men? Only at FUMA!

Alex and Peter flank Lopez as they join him for his victory lap in Eugene, OR after he won his spot on the U. S. Olympic Team running the 5,000 meter event.

Peter and Alex Lomong at FUMA.

Honoring Their Service

The Prep Football Team’s Special Salute

At each prep football game this year, the team was led onto the field by a very special American flag. The flag was presented to the team by LTC Don Moore (FUMA Class of 1990) who had flown the flag over Afghanistan’s Tagab Valley on September 11, 2010 during his service there. Coach Sullivan described it as his team’s effort “to honor all the men and women around the world standing in harm’s way every day.”

Sullivan Steps Down

Longtime Coach to Stay On as Athletic Director

Micky Sullivan first walked onto the football field at Fork Union Military Academy in 1963 as a cadet and member of Fork Union’s football team. He graduated from FUMA in 1966 and then returned to play as a postgraduate.

He returned to this football field again in 1975 as an assistant coach on the postgraduate team. In 1978, Micky was named head coach of the prep football team for the first time.

Coach Sullivan left Fork Union briefly to pursue a career in business, but the pull of Fork Union Military Academy was too strong, and Micky once again returned to this football field in 1983. Micky was renamed the head coach of the prep football team in 1986.

Since that time he coached many who went on to play college careers, including Eddie George, who won the Heisman Trophy, and Chris Perry, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist. A number of players have played professional football in the NFL. This season, one of Micky’s former players, Marcus Dowtin, is a linebacker for the New York Jets.

Coach Sullivan has built a record of 195 wins, 105 losses, and 2 ties as head coach at Fork Union. His teams have won eight state championships, and this year once again competed in the state championship game, falling to the defending state champion, Liberty Christian.

He will finish his coaching career in St. Petersburg, Florida in January, having been selected to coach one of the teams in the fifth annual Under Armour AllAmerica Game to be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

Although he is hanging up his coach’s whistle, Micky will remain on the job as FUMA’s Director of Athletics.

JustDropping In for a

Campus Visit

Kevin Reynolds, Class of 1990, knows how to make an entrance in style. As he has done before, Reynolds parachuted onto the parade grounds during the Parents Day Parade this past October. Kevin and his jump partner with 3rd Dimension Productions, Bobby Page, dazzled the crowd with their rapid descents and electrifying landings, skimming across the ground at grasstop level for seemingly dozens of yards before touching down lightly on their feet at a dead run. Their show is something amazing to see.

On his way in, Kevin was able to take some great video footage of the Academy’s campus with his helmet-mounted video camera. His view of the campus is shown in the video still published on the following page. Thanks, Kevin, for the visit and the great view of the Academy campus!

Drop in again anytime!

Kevin Reynolds’ view of the campus as he parachuted in to the Parents Day Parade.

Unveiling a New Chapter

The old and familiar Snead Hall was reduced to rubble this summer, revealing the pristine new Jacobson Hall behind it.

First Block... From the

The Academy’s ninth president, LTG John Jackson, lays the first block of Jacobson Hall.

Huge

holes were dug to install Jacobson Hall’s geothermal heat pump system, designed to make the building more energyand cost-efficient.

LTC Todd Giszack keeps a close eye on the plans as construction gets underway.

Doorways are installed as the interior hallways begin to take shape.

Construction continues even through the snows of winter.

Demolition

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Jerry Jacobson, the FUMA parent whose gift of over $10 million helped get the barracks project underway, is given a tour of the construction site by RADM J. Scott Burhoe, the Academy’s tenth president.

of Snead Hall began during the summer as construction was nearing completion on Jacobson Hall, seen in the background.

New furniture arrived and was installed into a model room by the Commandant’s Office in early August.

ribbon-cutting ceremony was held as cadets arrived to begin occupying the new barracks.

RADM J. Scott Burhoe lays the final brick in the sign identifying Jacobson Hall as preparations are made for the building’s dedication ceremony. The sign incorporates a number of bricks taken from the original Snead Hall, to honor that building’s heritage.

...to the Last Brick

What do you think of the new barracks?

Phillip Fenney: I think it’s a big change. The barracks are awesome!

Elias Evens: I am quite impressed by the new barracks. Having been at many camps during the summers, I find that these barracks are far and above most colleges on the east coast.

Daquann Bynum: It’s energy efficient and saves a lot of energy.

Charles Argenzio: It’s well lit and a lot more friendly than the other barracks.

Joshua Fulton: None of the stuff breaks!

What is your favorite thing about it?

Daquann Bynum: The desks and seats, because the seats are a lot more comfortable.

Colin Beverage: The beds are a lot better, but they’re harder, not as soft.

Andrey Schulte: You can lock your room so no one messes with your stuff.

Michael Guerci: I like having more space to organize all my stuff. I don’t have to have it all crammed in.

Jonathan Sodolevskiy: The phones! I can contact my family easier now.

Phillip Fenney

Elias Evens

Daquann Bynum

Charles Argenzio

Joshua Fulton

None of your tuition was used to build the barracks. All of the almost $20 million was donated by alumni and friends of the Academy.

What do you think of that?

Daquann Bynum: Wow. I did not know that. I would want to let them know how grateful I am. I would tell them that it’s really helping us a lot and we really appreciate it.

Joshua Fulton: I think that is awesome! It was nice of them to do that and I think we should appreciate them for doing that.

Michael Guerci: I think that’s amazing that so many people would be able to give money just for the barracks. That’s a lot of support for FUMA!

Charles Argenzio: That’s pretty incredible for someone to like the school that much to generate all that money.

Braxton Bragg: Thank you!

Phillip Fenney: It’s a good thing to do. Giving back to the school means a lot. This is a great school for me, and I think I’d want to do some good for younger kids in the future so they’d have a better life.

Colin Beverage Andrey Schulte

Michael Guerci

Jonathan Sodolevskiy Braxton Bragg

CQ

The Amazing Truth About (It Really Works!)

By COL Dennis Brown & COL Fred Hardy

Cadet Dylan McCormick studies in his Jacobson Hall barracks room during evening CQ.

The success that FUMA has in producing successful alumni reflects its motto of “Body, Mind, and Spirit.” This motto dates back to the earliest days of the Academy and reflects the school’s emphasis on holistic education of “the whole boy” since the school’s founding in 1898.

Growth in Body

Physical improvements are a result of not only FUMA’s nationally recognized athletic program but also the daily regimen and mess hall menu that stress and promote physical fitness. The Estes Athletic Center is a busy hub on campus, and its weight room and facilities are in constant use. Rarely does a student leave FUMA without having made significant physical improvements. FUMA students become stronger and healthier in this salubrious environment.

Spiritual Development

Most FUMA students experience spiritual growth or awakening under the guidance of the chaplain and the faculty’s emphasis on Christian values. In the past two years, for example, thirteen students by their request were baptized during Sunday chapel services in the chapel’s baptismal, and hundreds of students have expressed the value of being exposed to the word of God in thrice weekly chapel attendance.

First-year cadet Spencer Cavotti recently said, “At home, regular visits to church and Sunday School became difficult as I grew more attached to my sports teams and their weekend obligations. As a young Christian, it was hard to cultivate my faith having been unable to attend church, but with the regular chapel sessions at FUMA, I have been able to connect with my spiritual self more often and rediscover myself as a Christian.”

Every class day begins with a short devotional. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a vital force on campus. Several other on-campus organizations require and encourage community service, and more than a few students spend summers doing mission work. Spiritual growth at FUMA is almost a given.

Feeding the Mind

To achieve academic growth depends on multiple factors such as a student’s motivation, the dedication of faculty and staff, and a school-wide emphasis on the importance of academics.

In public schools, high academic achievers are often looked down upon by their peers – “A” students are deemed nerds; at FUMA, they are looked up to by their peers and rewarded publicly by being inducted into the National Honor Society in front of the Corps, named to Dean’s List and Honor Roll every term, and recognized as Honor Graduates at the end of the school year.

Mr. Larry McIlnay, Director of Food Services at FUMA, heads up the Renaissance Program that also recognizes achievement. Attaining Honor Roll for two terms qualifies students for an extra leave. Academic achievers become student leaders and find value in learning. At FUMA, academics are of paramount importance, and the military and athletic departments complement and support the academic mission.

The Importance of CQ

Of the elements that contribute to academic success, however, none is more important than CQ, FUMA’s mandatory study time in the Upper School. The term “CQ” comes from the

traditional military bugle call, “Call to Quarters,” signaling that all personnel are to return to their quarters for the night. The CQ period is such a central and unique part of a student’s experience at the Academy that this magazine for alumni, families, and friends is named Call To Quarters. In the Middle School, due to the developmental differences and needs of the younger students in grades six through eight, students engage in a multi-class curriculum and attend an ageappropriate study hall together in the academic building designed to reinforce study habits. Because of the uniqueness of the Upper School’s One-Subject Plan and the barracks CQ, the focus of this article will be on grades nine through postgraduate.

How CQ Works

In the Upper School, every Sunday through Thursday evening after Retreat (and Fridays preceding Saturday classes), the Corps is required to observe CQ from 7:55 till 9:40. Each student studies at his desk, and the CQ period is free of distractions, with no television, radio, iPods, talk-

Cadet Dylan McCormick, a senior, hard at work on his studies during CQ.

ing, texting, tweeting, eating or drinking allowed. Reading for pleasure is allowed at the discretion of a cadet’s teacher only after completion of assigned homework or preparation for tests or exams. Those students who currently have laptop computers are allowed to use them for only specified assignments and must secure written permission from their teachers. Next year, according to plans, all students will have laptops, and a policy regarding their use will be implemented that will preserve the integrity of CQ while integrating increased use of technology. A violation of CQ policy can result in ten demerits and loss of leave, a serious penalty that indicates the importance FUMA attaches to students’ preparation for class. A small number of students who may benefit from peer tutoring are allowed to be at faculty-supervised Peer Study during CQ period, again at the discretion of teachers.

Essentially, for five or six nights every week, every boarding student will be under faculty supervision to prepare for classes. The Academy is committed to providing a quiet, distractionfree, supervised environment as an effective means of assuring adequate at worst or thorough at best academic preparation, and most Academy personnel who teach or administer are assigned OC duties at night to supervise this vital program. These personnel are invested, not merely involved, in students’ academic progress.

Staying on Task

Providing the environment does not, of course, guarantee that all students will take advantage of it. Realistically, no student utilizes every minute of every CQ in the pursuit of academic preparedness. On any given night, an officer in charge will see a few students struggling to concentrate because of homesickness or missing a girlfriend; fretting because they had received demerits that day and lost their leave; fighting to stay awake because of either fatigue or minor illness; or sometimes just trying to beat the system and get by with not studying. The officer in charge may either write up a CQ violation or make a correction without demerits attached. Regardless of the method of censure, the goal is to keep the student on task. The system does not claim to be a panacea, but it is highly successful for most students. The “here” in FUMA’s claim

that “Success stories begin here” could very well be synonymous with “in CQ.”

Studying: A Daily Routine

Although no student, including valedictorians, salutatorians, and Honor Graduates, takes advantage of CQ every minute of study time, most students come to the realization that studying every night significantly improves grades, and once they have experienced earning high grades, most students strive to continue their academic success. To that end, they complete their homework and prepare for quizzes, tests, and exams during CQ; studying becomes almost habitual. It is as much a part of their daily routine as brushing their teeth or eating meals.

So important does FUMA consider CQ that in honors and AP classes that often require extra study time, CQ can be extended with a teacher’s permission. Too, all students who wish to extend CQ on the nights before semester and final exams may do so.

Few students enter FUMA having studied under supervised conditions. It is the learned attitude that places value on learning that generates enthusiasm for learning.

Tommy Noble, a FUMA senior, exemplifies that attitude. “While I was in public school, my study habits were unsatisfactory, and my grades reflected inadequate practices. Coming to Fork Union Military Academy has changed my study routine drastically. The one-subject plan has forced me to focus on one class at a time, and study CQ has helped me achieve the grades that eluded me in public school. At home I did not spend half the time studying and reviewing class work that I do while at FUMA. Every night before class, I now participate in a mandatory CQ that allows me to concentrate on my school work in a quiet environment. That, in addition to the extra help available after class, differentiates my public school experience from my experience here. The change in my study habits at Fork Union has improved my grades and has given me more college options.”

Tommy’s assessment is not atypical. Effecting change in attitude and learning practices is crucial to many FUMA cadets, and CQ is a powerful conductor of that change.

Studying Makes Sense

Certainly there will be the occasional lapse, but contrasting the amount of time they spend on task during CQ with how they approached studying prior to enrolling at FUMA, it usually becomes clear to students that taking advantage of the time dedicated to studying makes sense; staring out a window, sneaking in a nap, surreptitiously watching television, or calling a friend on an illegal cell phone do not.

An officer in charge cannot realistically prevent all infractions of the CQ rules. The students themselves must police themselves to derive maximum benefit from CQ.

Cadet LTC Dallas Bonner, a fifth-year student who in his senior year holds a GPA of 4.4 and the position of Battalion Commander, offers this perspective of CQ: “CQ is crucial to one’s success at Fork Union. If a cadet takes full advantage of it, then there are no limits to his success here. There simply is no reason for a cadet not to rack up all kinds of academic achievements during his time at FUMA. Every cadet is required to take part in almost two hours of mandatory study time every school night. During this time, he cannot get up from his seat, eat, drink, or talk to his roommate. If a cadet is not making noticeable improvements in his academics, it is probably because he is not trying hard enough or not taking advantage of the opportunities given to him. This is what separates Fork Union from the rest of the field of college preparatory schools.”

Clearly, Dallas learned the importance of CQ early in his tenure at FUMA and, like most other successful cadets, tries to pass along that learned lesson to other cadets. Accepting the system leads to self-motivation and success; fighting it leads to continued lack of success.

Those FUMA graduates who take this practice with them to college soon find out that routinely setting aside study time almost always guarantees success at the postsecondary level, too.

Remarkable Pattern of Improvement

Any faculty officer who has spent more than a few years at FUMA cannot help noticing the remarkable pattern of improvement that most cadets make.

While it is impossible – and inadvisable – to

separate the influences of athletics or time in the weight room, learning to lead and follow in the military program, or growing spiritually and developing wholesome values, it is patently clear that every student benefits immensely from CQ. It is the foundation of his academic progress, and when a student makes progress in the classroom, he often improves how he lives outside the classroom.

The cliché that success begets success is true. The successful student becomes a better person, a better athlete, a better father, son, brother, husband, or friend, a better employee or boss.

It Really Works

Some years ago when FUMA was undergoing its ten-year evaluation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Virginia Association of Independent Schools, a visiting team charged with the task of determining whether the school’s mission and programs were being carried out was skeptical that CQ was actually what FUMA claimed it to be, and a few of the team voiced an opinion that perhaps the CQ that seemed so effective was staged for their benefit. To them, it seemed too good to be true.

To see if the CQ actually operated as stated, they sneaked around one night during CQ, peering in windows and tiptoeing down halls. To their surprise, even when students were unaware of the presence of the visitors, they were engaged in doing homework and studying. Naysayers became believers. Visiting college coaches have made similar observations.

The seemingly simple part of the FUMA system called CQ is carefully implemented and assiduously reinforced. It is difficult to overestimate its importance in building successful young men.

Cadet LTC Dallas Bonner receives his academic honors ribbon from RADM J. Scott Burhoe.

How is

BeyondFUMA? Life

By John Alexander Valedictorian, Class of 2012

How has Fork Union Military Academy prepared me for college? Was my experience as worthwhile as it was advertised to be? As a proud and grateful graduate, I can honestly say that Fork Union provided me with the means necessary to turn my potential into success. It allowed me to capitalize on my strengths and improve my weaknesses. The Academy has opportunities for people of different personalities and walks of life to grow and succeed, which is the quality I think makes it unique.

I came to a realization at the end of my freshman year in public high school that I was not performing to my ability. Early the following summer, I was introduced to Fork Union by my middle school basketball coach and FUMA alumnus, Chad Percy. After much debate, I arrived at Fork Union as a sophomore, still a bit confused about who I was and what I could become. My

first year was definitely an adjustment. I took some advice and involved myself in everything I could find. Through academics, sports, music, and military leadership, with the help of teachers and coaches, I began to recognize my potential. Fork Union pushed me to put forth my best effort into these things individually, but there was a drastically more important lesson lying underneath. Intertwined into the Academy’s drive for a cadet’s success is the importance of selfdiscipline. Among many other valuable things I learned, this has been the most influential in my transformation from a boy to a man. Trying to balance my busy schedule at Fork Union was a shock to me at the beginning. Between practices, school, and military life, I felt overwhelmed for a period of time. But Fork Union did something that I know other schools would not. FUMA provided me with every opportunity to succeed. It was there to guide me through the process of becoming responsible and to help me when I struggled. But most importantly, it did not hold my hand or baby me; it forced me to respond to adversity and to fight my way through difficulties. I learned to work my way through problems, not around them.

As I write this, I have been in college for a month now. Comparing myself to my friends, I can safely say that Fork Union, as far as academics go, is easily equal or superior to other high schools. However, it is overwhelmingly apparent that Fork Union prepares a cadet for college in respect to good habits and self-discipline better than any other high school I have mutually been exposed to via other students. After three years of its being ingrained in me, tasks of studying and managing time seem almost trivial, compared to my friends, who are constantly pulling out their hair. Fork Union’s mission is to prepare cadets for life’s challenges, to provide the means of success through honest guidance and preparation. For that I am extremely grateful. One may ask how I have changed since I graduated. Could I drop a quarter on my bed to make it bounce? Probably not. How many times have I worn shoes and socks to class this fall? I could count them with my fingers. Is my haircut to regulation? Not so much. But the values I acquired at Fork Union will be with me always, and I owe it an irreplaceable debt. Finally, to answer the question, I honestly believe that Fork Union prepared me for college as, or better than, advertised.

John Alexander (right) and John Tu’uta (left) celebrate their graduation day at FUMA in May of 2012. John Tu’uta and John Alexander are now at North Carolina State .

Peer Pressure

Here are some choices these young men made:

Sitting, left to right:

Zachary Edwards, Arizona State University

Mark Graham, North Carolina State University

Stephen Joslyn, James Madison University

Dai Xu Yang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dai Ru Yang, University of Illinois

Conlan Cassidy, Indiana State University

Miles Willard, The Citadel

Jordan Corrie, Washington and Lee University

Obiero Okeyo, University of Tampa

Young men in today’s world face some hard choices. Typical kids, outstanding results.

Standing, left to right:

Andrian Gamble, University of Virginia

John Alexander, North Carolina State University

Daniel Chae, University of Notre Dame

Kordell Strauss, Hampden-Sydney College

Christian Keuper, Texas A & M

Luke Doub, University of Colorado

Jin Jang, Boston University

National Honor Society

Inducts 19 Seniors and Juniors

Nineteen FUMA cadets were recently inducted into the National Honor Society in a ceremony held in front of a capacity audience in Wicker Chapel. The students inducted have maintained outstanding academic and conduct records to qualify for this special honor.

Seniors

 Christian L. Abell

 Charlie W. Carter

 Gregory M. Giacoma

 Xiang Gu

 Michael A. Guerci

 Raymond S. Han

 Yusuf A. Khan

 Matthew T. Partlow

 Mohamed Saleh

 Brett A. Siegel

 Kaiwen Yang

Juniors

 David H. Akowski

 Matthew W. Carmine

 Elias Evens

 Luke W. Justice

 Juchan D. Kim

 Yidan Nie

 James D. Sasai

 William L. Phillips

Phillip Dabney has been serving FUMA and its families for six decades.

Whistle Work

Phillip Dabney’s Sixty Years of Song and Service While You

By Maggie Moore

It’s lunchtime, and the “FUMA Family” filters into the expansive, sunlit Dorothy Estes Dining Hall. Smartly-dressed cadets and faculty file into loose chatting lines, anxiously awaiting the entrees of the day, and the familiar faces who serve them. From everywhere, come the sounds of spirited conversation, the clinking of dishes, the shuffling of chairs.

From somewhere, comes the sound of a perfectlypitched whistled song.

That would be 76-year-old Phillip Dabney--or as the entire cafeteria staff affectionately refers to him,

‘Papa’. Mr. Dabney currently holds the honorable distinction of being the longest-standing employee of Fork Union Military Academy. Even more remarkable is that the person who held that torch before him was none other than his mother, the beloved Miamie Lewis; most will remember her as the grandmotherly figure of the infirmary. When she came to work at FUMA in the 1940’s, Phillip was only eight years old, yet he readily recalls his boyhood days spent visiting with his mother at the Middle School, watching parades, and wandering the Academy grounds.

The Early Years

When Philip turned sixteen, the Academy hired him as a part-time employee. The school year found him in the kitchen; the summers, painting buildings in the hot sun. “Few people know that the first year Phillip came to work here, he worked for nothing,” marvels Larry McIlnay, FUMA’s Director of Food Services and Mr. Dabney’s supervisor for the past sixteen years. “He had to prove himselfremember what year it was.”

The year, in fact, was 1952; our country was at war with North Korea, Dwight Eisenhower would soon be elected President, and segregation would continue to divide Virginia (and the nation) for another twenty years. One imagines that Fork Union Military Academy must have been a challenging work environment for an African-American teenager during that time, and I mentioned as much in a recent interview with Mr. Dabney. Surprisingly, there is not a trace of injury or resentment evident in his response: “Yeah,” he says, somewhat nervously nodding his head, “Yeah, that’s right.” If Phillip Dabney experienced those early decades at FUMA as a hardship, he is obviously too much a gentleman to reveal it now.

When Phillip joined the kitchen staff in the early 1950’s, the Academy was operating on a sustainability model that is almost inconceivable by today’s standards. “Phillip was here at a time when we had our own dairy,” McIlnay continues. “We also produced our own meat, eggs - we basically had our own farm.” In order to meet the demands of food production, the school required

the kitchen staff to board in a dormitory that used to exist where the Estes Athletic Center is now. “So, not only was Phillip working for no pay, he had to live here full-time,” McIlnay explains.

In those days, the Dining Hall was located in the rear of Hatcher Hall, and, until 1966, was presided over by Chief Isidro Sarate. Chief Sarate was a former Navy chief cook who once served as a chef in Roosevelt’s White House. Under Sarate’s direction, Phillip’s principal job became that of “baker of the bread” - a position he would hold, and become renowned for, many decades hence. He whistled away long days in what was known as “The Bakery” - the same building that now houses the Quartermaster’s Office. It was there that Phillip developed the reputation for two things for which he is now FUMA famous and adored: his homemade yeast rolls and his joyfully whistled hymns.

Whistle While You Work

“That’s probably the biggest thing that most people will remember about Phillip,” says a broad-smiling Calvin Gray, who has worked in the dining hall with Phillip since 1974. “He was always singing and whistling those old gospel songs in the dining hall and over there in the bakery. Oh, and don’t forget about his rolls! Folks would just go crazy over those rolls,” chuckles Calvin at the thought.

Beverly “Bev” Hanlin, a longtime FUMA employee of forty-three years, remembers being one of those who “went crazy” for Phillip Dabney’s homemade rolls. Like most people I’ve asked, she gushes at the mere mention of them. Then, lowering her voice almost to a whisper, she admits that “There was a time when the food in the dining hall was pretty bad. They used to serve this soup - we called it ‘mystery soup’ - that you could spoon through and find a week’s worth of dinners,” she recalls. “During that time, let me tell you, Mr. Dabney’s rolls were like salvation,” Bev professes, the gratitude still evident in her voice all these decades later. “Sometimes you wished you could fill your plate with Mr. Dabney’s rolls and nothing else!”

While interviewing Mr. Dabney, I asked if there has been a favorite food over the years that the cadets have always loved. One can guess his

A young Phillip Dabney

reply: “I suppose the thing they always loved around here when I made them were those homemade rolls. I had a recipe that made one hundred pounds at a time,” he recalls. “The cadets used to call it ‘jeezer bread’.” At that he has a good laugh. “I have a lot of alumni that come back and get after me about that, asking me if I still make it. I have to say, ‘No, we still have the machine, but it’s too hard for me to pull down now.’ They’re all trying to get me to make a batch before I retire,” he says with yet another chuckle. “I may just give it a try.”

Legendary Work Ethic

While most at FUMA appreciate Phillip Dabney for his delightful songs and delicious bread, those closest to him declare an even higher praise - that of his unrivaled determination and work ethic. It is those principles that, over the years, led Phillip to take on more senior responsibilities in the dining hall, all the while developing his culinary and catering skills. Eventually, Mr. Dabney’s presence became indispensible to the success of catered events, and he presided over many of the Academy’s most notable and well-attended dinners.

COL Bobby Cobb, recently retired from his own

distinguished thirty-three-year career at FUMA, attributes much of his own success as the former Director of Development to Phillip Dabney’s efforts. “All those years, anytime I did an event, I always made sure that I had Phillip with me. Then I knew that everything would be taken care of,” explains Cobb.

Neither did Phillip’s abilities go unnoticed by family and friends, many of whom encouraged him to take his expertise to a new arena. But by now we know that self-promotion never had a chance of usurping Phillip’s dedication to Fork Union, and today, thousands of cadets, faculty, and staff continue to reap the rewards.

Lorraine James, Mr. Dabney’s co-worker of nearly thirty years, claims it is “the hardest thing to do, to keep him from working as hard as he used to. Did you know that there was at least ten years in there where he never missed a day of work?” she says. I try to imagine the incredible self-discipline that would entail when Lorraine adds, “He doesn’t drive either, he never has. He’s always walked to work, even in the snow. And if we ever need someone in here, all we have to do is call. He’ll always come in.”

She quiets for the first time since I asked for

Phillip Dabney (second from left) with some of the food service staff in the early 1970s.

Phillip Dabney with his mother, Miamie Lewis.

her thoughts on Phillip Dabney, and I wait to hear the next incredible thing. When Lorraine speaks again, though, it’s with a soft, almost tender tone: “There’s nothing more to say about him, really. He is just a loving, loveable man.”

A Lasting Legacy

Helen Carter is Phillip’s oldest sister. A fortytwo-year veteran of Fluvanna County Schools, she is yet another testament to the Dabney family legacy of extraordinary dedication. She stops by to supply the photos for this article and we talk about all of the amazing things I have learned about Mr. Dabney. “What I would like to say about my brother,” Helen states pridefully,”is that he is a legend in our family. He has been such a fine example for young people - not just at the Academy, but in our own family and in our community. That’s what he’s always wanted, you know - to be a good role model,” reveals Helen. “He hopes to have others realize, through his example, the value of hard work. We learned that in our family.”

“One cannot underestimate the role of the dining hall in a boarding school. Meals are where the school comes together multiple times daily to slow down, share, enjoy each other, and eat. A good dining hall can make the whole school work.

What Phillip probably doesn’t realize is just how highly his friend Bobby regards him. “People do not realize the sacrifice that Phillip Dabney has made for Fork Union Military Academy,” stresses an unusually serious Cobb. “I don’t know if anybody has dedicated more time, effort, and energy not only to this school, but also to his church and his community,” Cobb says. “Let me tell you something - there are very, very, very few people in this world like that. When Phillip Dabney dies, he will be an angel in Heaven. I’m sure of that.”

With so many people professing the positive impact that Mr. Dabney has made over the decades, I am curious to know if there has been a person at FUMA who has made a special impression on his own life. “Well,” he says, “right many of them did, but nobody special. I get along with almost everybody.” He is still considering the question when suddenly he breaks into a boyish grin and says with a chuckle, “I did have more fun with Bobby Cobb, though. Me and him were real tight. He’s come in a few times to check on me [since he retired]. I told him that I miss him.”

Great food and great people in the dining hall mean so much and they often go not unthanked, but unhearalded. If it’s all good, faculty and students can take the food and the people for granted. Never underestimate the work and effort put in by the kitchen crew; remember to thank them every day.”

~Brian Fisher, BoardingSchools.com

While we can’t grant him that distinction, one hopes that the future holds a “Phillip O. Dabney Award”given to an individual who has demonstrated the same level of commitment that Phillip Dabney has devoted to this Academy. Yet, one has to wonder if anyone would qualify. In every one of his sixty years at Fork Union Military Academy, Phillip Dabney has shown himself to be the rarest kind of individual - one for whom selfless giving is the ultimate guiding principle.

Mr. Dabney, on behalf of the entire FUMA family, thank you, sir - for a lifetime of tremendous hard work, personal sacrifice, unwavering dedication and good will toward others. It has reached far beyond you to touch us all and help us thrive. You have been a shining example of FUMA values, and we continue to be blessed to have you in our ranks.

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annual report

Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012)

This 2011-2012 Annual Report of gifts has been prepared by the Academy's Development Department. This acknowledgement includes all donations received during fiscal year July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 during which time 1,024 donors contributed $2,076,451.20 in cash and gifts-in-kind to the Academy.

The Academy sincerely appreciates all of your contributions, and the following list gratefully acknowledges those who have given to Fork Union Military Academy in fiscal year 2011-2012. Please note, if you have made a contribution after June 30, 2012, your name is not included in the following list. It will appear in the Annual Report for fiscal year 2011-2012. Great care has been taken in the preparation of this report, however, an omission or error could have occurred. Please advise us in this regard. Should an error appear in your entry, please contact the Development Office at (434) 842-4370 so that a correction can be made in our records.

$2,076,451.20 received from 1,024 donors

2nd Century Society

($10,000 and above)

Alumni

Mr. William C. Duke

Mr. John T. Fray

Mr. E. H. Jack Lester

Mr. Robert G. Perry

Mr. Patrick Slowey

Mr. Virgil Wallace Ryland, III

Dr. Robert W. Waddell

Lt. Col. Thomas M. Williams, Jr.

Corporation, Foundation, Organizations, Trust Funds

Beckett Charitable Trust

Collins Trusts

Continental American Insurance Company

The Cupid Foundation, Inc.

Estes Foundation

Hathaway Paper

Jessie Ball duPont Fund

KMW U.S.A, Inc

Summer Rest Foundation

The Titmus Foundation

W.C. English Foundation

Friends

Mrs. Margaret P. Greene

Mrs. Jinny Haring

Mr. Benjamin Price

James Deak Roberts

Parents, Past Parents, Grandparents

Mrs. Denise LaCour

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Wiatt, Jr.

Trustees

Estate of Robert Ankers

Col. Sammie D. Barr, USAF, Ret.

Mr. Guy E. Beatty

Mr. & Mrs. George S. Currin

Mr. & Mrs. A. Douglas Dalton, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Emerson D. Farley, Jr.

Dr. Charles G. Fuller

Mr. & Mrs. J. Wesley Hall, Jr.

Mr. David K. Hunt

Mr. Kenneth B. Koeller

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Milligan

Ms. Marion E. Moon

Mrs. Paige Lester Pruett

Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Johnson Richardson, Jr.

Mr. Steven W. Shelton

Mr. & Mrs. George C. Turner

Lt. Col. Paul E. Westphal

Estate of F.F. White

President’s Club ($1,000 to $9,999)

Alumni

Mr. Presley Warren Anderson, Jr.

Mr. Luis A. Ayala-Parsi

Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Bailey, Jr.

Mr. Leonard S. Bullock

Mr. Edmund Cloud Cammack

Mr. Stephen P. Caruthers

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Chandler

Mr. & Mrs. Allan Cornnell

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Creech, Sr.

Mr. Douglas Cullen

Dr. John T. Dickman

Mr. Edward Nathan George

Mr. Richard Lee Goheen

Dr. & Mrs. James R. Harper

Mr. William H. Harris

Mr. William Hunter Harris, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Withers G. Horner, Sr.

Mr. Sam Howard

Mr. Zachary T. Hughes

Mr. Jay Kyle Jarrell

Mr. Richard J. Jennings

Mr. Jean T. Laurance

Mr. Martin L. Ledbetter

Mr. Gaines Lott

Mr. Charles P. Martin

Col. Linwood B. Mather

Mr. James K. Mayo

Mr. & Mrs. Murray M. Meeker

Mr. Donald C. Meyers

Mr. Stephen Guy Miller

Mr. Elgin N. Moore, II

Mr. William E. Moore

Dr. Frederick O. Mueller

Mr. Arthur George Nichols

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Parker

Mr. Stewart Percy

Mr. Joseph V. Phelps, Jr.

Col. & Mrs. John Raffaele, USA(Ret.)

Mr. Robert E. Raper

Mr. & Mrs. James Richardson, Jr.

Mr. Nicholas Ridgely

Dr. Rob Rosenbaum

Mr. Barry E. Saunders

Maj. Gen. Robert Hines Scales, Jr.

Mr. C. Curtis Sheffield

Mr. Bernard Earl Siddons

Mr. George Speedy Skinner

Dr. Gladstone E. Smith, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. James Harrison Smith

Mr. Nicholas J. Spiak

Mr. Timothy Alan Stewart

Mr. Ray Stratton

Mr. Eugene R. Thurston, Jr.

Mr. Chester A. Waldron

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ward

Mr. William Edwin Webb, Jr.

Col. Joseph Weston, II

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Wilkerson

Corporations, Foundations, Organizations, Trust Funds

Northwestern Mutual Matching Gift Dept.

Virginia Propane

Barrett Capital Management

Inez D. Bishop Trust

Carneal-Drew Foundation

Dominion Foundation

Duke Energy Corporation

The James S. Kemper Foundation

Walter J. Payne Foundation

Carden Brothers

Country Heating & Cooling, Inc.

Envoy at The Village

Fluvanna Ruritan Club

Harry A. Wright’s, Inc.

Hi-Test Laboratories, Inc.

VIM, Inc.

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Wells Fargo Community Support Camp.

Friends

Lt. Col. & Mrs. James C. Akers

Lt. Commander David L. Arritt

Lt. Commander Will Arritt

Ms. Emily Bailey

Mr. Bach & Dr. Phuong Callaway

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Davenport

Ms. Kathleen Marie Detrow

Ms. Mary D. Ellis

Mr. Harry A. Hoffon, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. David Jackson

Mr. Kenneth Nicewonder

Mr. Joseph C. Palumbo

Mr. J. K. Timmons

Mrs. Harry Alex Wright, Jr.

Parents, Past Parents, Grandparents

Mr. Gary Andrew & Dr. Loretta Baier

Mr. David L. Arritt, Sr.

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Black

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Feigles

Eun Heui Han

Mr. & Mrs. Randy W. Hatcher

Col’s Robert & Janet Hayhurst, USAF, Ret.

Mr. & Mrs. L. Peyton Humphrey

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Jacobson

Mr. & Mrs. John Keating

Mrs. Robert D. Kilpatrick

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Lipresti

Mr. & Mrs. Rickey Lowe

Eileen & Vladimir Nacev

Ms. Karen E. Nitti

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. Reel

Ms. Judith Fry Rogers

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Daniel Smith

Mr. Michael Sundel & Ms. Lystra Blake

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Waller

Staff & Faculty

RADM & Mrs. J. Scott Burhoe

Col. and Mrs. Willam S. Hitchcock

Col. & Mrs. Robert C. Miller

Major and Mrs. Bob Grant

Trustees

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Barrett

Mr. Robert S. Bloxom

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Speed Briscoe

Gen. John T. Chain, Jr.

Mr. Lewis Kent Carter

Mr. Richard R. Graves

Dr. Russell A. Johnston

Mr. William R. Makepeace, IV

Mr. & Mrs. Frederick G. Pruitt, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond G. Wile

Commandant’s Club ($500 to $999)

Alumni

Mr. Kevin D. Barrowclough

Mr. John F. Bennett

Mr. Robert E. Bentz

Mr. Norman Michael Brame

Mr. Roy Van Brinkley

Mr. Charles Randy Bruce

Dr. Jose Rafael Carreras

Class of 1987

Blair Clements

Nathan Joseph Conley

Dr. Konstantine Cost

Mr. Alexander James Cox

Dr. Edwin Lee Crooks

Mr. Charles Lehan Dwyer

Mr. Gary Lee Edwards

Mr. Kenneth W. Edwards

Mr. Frank Robert Ficca

Mr. Louis T. Getterman

Mr. Jimmy W. Goldston

Mr. Richard Welch Hess

Mr. John T. Hunter

Mr. Harry C. Isabel, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Darrell M. Jackson

Mr. Mark E. Large

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Lipe

Mr. Bohdan Markus

Mr. Dennis Earl McKay

Mr. Richard T. McNeil

Lt. Gen. George D. Miller, USAF, Ret.

Mr. Michael Kindt Miller

Mr. William Paul Murnane

Mr. Kevin Mason Reynolds, Jr.

Mr. Stephen Matthew Schall

Mr. John Trigg Scott

Mr. Russell Cover Steele

Mr. James Luther Stump

Col. H. M. Micky Sullivan

Mr. Josh N. Tharrington

Mr. William B. Thornton

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Weatherspoon

Mr. Michael W. Weneta

Mr. Francis Clifton Winston, Jr.

Col. William F. Winzurk, Ret.

Corporations, Foundations, Organizations, Trust Funds

Avexx, Inc

Hampton Inn & Suites

Lubrano Family Charitable Foundation

National Christian Foundation

Orthopaedic Center of Central Virginia

Pfizer Matching Gifts Program

State Farm Companies Foundation

Sneads of Fluvanna, Inc.

Target

Friends

Ms. Virginia B. Benfield

Mrs. Eula Cole Davis

Ms. Margaret Harmon

Mr. Fred Harris

Lt. Gen. John E. Jackson, Jr.

Mrs. Paula Kirkpatrick

Mrs. Barbara B. Lacy

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lloyd

Mr. Nellie L. McCabe

Mr. Bob Muirhead

Mr. Brent Williams

Parents, Past Parents, Grandparents

Ngozi & Isaiah Azubike

Mr. & Mrs. W. Roger Bowles

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Depolo

Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Grigsby, Jr.

Dr. Bonnie Makdad

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mills

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Panton

Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Rand

Mr. & Mrs. David Schulte

Mr. Fred Shinn

D. Joe & Victoria Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Strauss

Mr. Carl Tarbell

Mr. Thomas Wherry

Snead Club ($249 to $499)

Alumni

Mr. Joel Vance Anderson

Mr. & Mrs. James Osmond Ash

Mr. & Mrs. George S. Beebe

Mr. Sandy Bowen

Walter Lee Bradley, Jr.

Mr. Stuart L. Brickhouse

Mr. Richard A. Broyhill

Mr. Ronald E. Burdge

Mr. James Murfree Butler

Norman F. Carden, III

Mr. Jeffery L. Downing

Mr. Charles Arnold Duncan

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mark Feathers

Mr. Charles Mike Fisher

Mr. Thomas N. French

Mr. Alexander Robertson Grant

Mr. David Grimsley

Mr. John H. Hancock, Jr.

Mr. Michael Dale Helm

Capt. & Mrs. Walter Sammons Howard

Mr. Edward D. Huff

Mr. Judson Johns

Mr. Vernon Rea Jones

Mr. Arthur Spalding Kidwell, Jr.

Mr. Thomas Michael Lalor

Mr. Stephen John Lapekas

Mr. Meade R. Lucy

Col. Robert K. McCutchen

Mr. Stephen F. Meilinger

Mr. Edwin J. Messinger

Mr. Robert C. Radice

Mr. Walter H. Bill Reiser, Jr.

Keith Sullivan Riggins

Mr. Scot G. Sinkler

Mr. Kent P. Snead

Marvin W. Staton, Jr.

Mr. Karl Swartz

Mr. Samuel P. Varn

Mr. William Peter Waldron

Mr. & Mrs. Peter David Webb

Mr. J. V. Wells, Jr.

Mr. Michael Todd Whitmore

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan S. Willis, III

Mr. & Mrs. Noah Ollin Woods

Corporations, Foundations, Organizations, Trust Funds

The Community Foundation of South Alabama

Berea Baptist Church

Huggins Family Charitable Foundation

Russell-Eleanor Horn Foundation

FACTS Management Co.

GlaxoSmithKline Foundation

Infinity Management

Lunenburg County Chamber of Commerce

The Williams Companies

Friends

Mr. Thomas E. Gottwald

Ms. Margaret C. Hopewell

Mr. Gerald W. Ransone

Ms. Marion J. Stokes

Mr. & Mrs. Rex Welton

Mr. Kenny Whitescarver

Parents, Past Parents, Grandparents

Mr. Aldo Bartolotta

Mr. Richard Chiovaro

Mr. & Mrs George Cushmac

Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Downer, Jr.

Mr. Charles S. Duncan, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Evens

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gallaudet

Mr. Glen Green

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Johnson

Mr. Charlene W. Kenworthy

Mr. George I. Lenard

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Massie

Ms. Melanie Mueller

Mr. Bill Phillips

Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Ross

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Shaffer

Somoza Family

Mr. Francis C. Spampinato

Mr. & Mrs. Jon Spear

Kari C. Stokely

Ms. Judith Watkins

Ms. Kate Weatherby

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Williams

Ms. Deborah S. Yescas

Staff & Faculty

Mr. & Mrs. Lester Childress

Mrs. Bev Hanlin

Ms. Rosemarie Harris

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Higginbotham

LTC & Mrs. John Ransone, Jr.

Hatcher Club ($100 to $249)

Alumni

Col. & Mrs. William P. Adams, Jr.

Mr. Robert Whitehead Allsbrook, Jr.

Mr. Jay K. Althouse, Jr.

Mr. Craig Neal Andrews

Mr. Louis Arce

Mr. Arthur H. Bailey

Mr. Ebert L. Bailey

Mr. G. Nelson Bailey

Mr. Ralph Baker

Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Beck

Mr. Justin Blake Bernache

Mr. Robert Berrey

Mr. William A. Blair

Mr. Edgar Clayton Boggs

Mr. Michael Bonney

Mr. William Boughton

Mr. Raymond Kenneth Bousman, III

Mr. Harold L. Bowman

Mr. Thomas H. Bown, II

Mr. Robert Conrad Boyd

Mr. Frank L. Brewster

Mr. Parran B. Briscoe

Mr. Donald G. Brooks

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn T. Brumm, Jr.

Mr. Charles F. Bryan, Jr.

Mr. Rex C. Buckley

Mr. Clayton E. Bunting

Mr. William A. Burke

Mr. Richard N. Burton

Mr. Joe Calonge

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Robinson Campe

Mr. Sean Michael Cassidy

Mr. Domenico E. Cataldi

Mr. Charles R. Chambers, Jr.

Mr. Erik R. Christensen

Mr. Harry L. Clark

Mr. Herman A. Clark

Col. & Mrs. Robert R. Cobb

CMSgt. George N. Coleman, III

Mr. Nicholas Demetrios Comas

Mr. Peter Congdon

Mr. & Mrs. James Otto Cook

Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Cooper

Col. William L. Cooper, Jr.

Mr. Hal Corson

Mr. Ed Cox

Mr. William T. Cox

Mr. Granville Craddock

Mr. William Robert Crissy

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Crocker

Mr. & Mrs. David Alan Crockett

Mr. Raymond C. Daikeler

Mr. Staige Davis

Mr. John Andrew Delekto

Mr. Justin David Dennis

Mr. Allen Donley, Jr.

Mr. Walter E. Douglas

Mr. Paul T. Dwyer, III

Mr. John Burns Earle, III

Mr. Paul Elco

Mr. Lester A. Elliott

Mr. William S. English

Mr. David L. Eye

Mr. Ronald E. Farrar

Mr. Ramon Ferran

Mr. Ruben H. Fleming

Mr. R. Wayne Gaskill

Mr. Tyner Motter Gaston

Mr. John C. Gaunt

Mr. James Michael Gentry

Mr. William Burks Gowin

Mr. & Mrs. Newton A. Graves

Mr. Robert L. Gray, Jr.

Mr. Thomas W. Green

Mr. John H. Greene

Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Greene

Mr. James G. Bo Gritz

Mr. David Grosh

Col. James Stanley Gulick

Mr. Justin Keith Hall

Mr. Richard L. Hamilton

Col. & Mrs. Stuart G. Harrison

Mr. David S. Hatfield

Mr. Grant C. Hayes

Mr. Gerald Franklin Hemphill

Mr. Walter C. Henderson, Jr.

Mr. Drew Hollinger

Mr. Irving Allan Howell, Jr.

Mr. Thomas Hanson Howell

Mr. Garland Hudson

Mr. Robert L. Huff, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Roy Jameson

Mr. Lucas Alan Jelinek

Mr. Carlton Gray Jones, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William Latham Jones

Mr. Walter D. Kahle, Jr

Mr. George Kayes

Mr. William J. Keller

Mr. Gates B. Kidd

Mr. Jim Bryant Kirkland, Jr.

Mr. James P. Kite, Jr.

Mr. Martin Donald Kollath

Mr. Phedon C. Kontulis

Mr. Kenneth Paul Kovac

Mr. Frederick W. Krieger

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kuhta

Mr. W. Frank Latham, Jr.

Mr. George Loukas

Mr. Frank Love

Mr. & Mrs. Edgar V. Loweree, Jr.

Mr. Christopher Lubic

Mr. Christopher E. Malone

Mr. Lester Colter Martin

Mr. H. Wesley McAden

Mr. Edward Robert McCloskey, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. James Leonard McDermott

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Atcheson McKenna

Mr. Keith McLester

Mr. Robert Edward Merrill

Mr. Nathanial Christian Miller

Mr. Walton Fuqua Mitchell, Jr.

Mr. C. Creig Moore

Mr. Donald P. Moore

Mr. Bradley Martin Morris

Mr. Harry Edward Mottley

Lt. Col. Richard L. Murnighan

Mr. Hampton H. Skip Newbill, Jr.

Mr. Warren D. Nicholson

Mr. E. Stuart Outten, Jr.

Mr. Thomas L. Pace

Mr. & Mrs. William James Paton

Mr. Frederick Palmer Picard, V

Mr. Joseph F. Powell, Jr.

Mr. Ronald L. Pyle

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Edwin Quist

Mr. & Mrs. William Tom Rankin

Mr. Thomas Regn

Mr. George Rhyne

Mr. Robert Francis Rice

Mr. M. Thomas Riddick

Mr. Thomas C. Rightmyer

Mr. Alan Patrick Rindfleisch

Mr. Laurence Nathaniel Rix

Mr. Lemuel Roberts, III

Mr. John C. Rollings

Mr. Richard Jay Ross

Mr. & Mrs. William F. Rowe

Mr. Thomas Ruhf

Mr. Randolph Charles Ryder, Jr.

Mr. Herbert Booth Sams

Mr. Bobby Gene Saylor

Mr. & Mrs. Myles A. Schwartz

Mr. William C. Scruggs

Mr. Joseph A. Sgroi

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Sheldon, Jr.

Mr. Thomas E. Sikes, III

Mr. Robert Stanly Simril

Mr. Walter W. Sims

Mr. John Osborne Sixt

Mr. Robert M. Sklenar

Mr. Thomas F. Smith, III

Mr. Linden N. Spitzer, Jr.

Mr. Douglas M. Springmann

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mims Sullivan, III

Mr. Blake Sundel

Mr. Samuel Owen Sweet

Mr. Thomas Peter Talty

Mr. Joseph J. Thompson, Jr.

Mr. Jacob Tunney

Mr. Russell L. Tye

Mr. F. Kevin Tylus

Mr. George Mason Van Orden

Mr. Kennard S. Vandergrift, Jr.

Mr. Taylor C. Vaughan

Mr. Robert Viana

Mr. Bernard T. Vishneski

Mr. Sal Vivarronda

Mr. Grantland Wagner

Mr. Robert S. Wahab, III

Dr. Deward E. Walker, Jr.

Mr. Ronald Neal Walters, Sr.

Mr. Stan Walthall

Mr. David Ellison Ward

Mr. Eric Waters

Mr. Herbert F. Waters, Jr.

Mr. Justin Alexander Watkins

Dr. John Finley White, Jr.

Mr. Alonzo Wickers

Mr. Curtis D. Wilburn

Mr. Keith A. Wilson

Mr. Howard H. Winkelmann

Mr. Nelson Hunting Wood

Mr. Daniel Wu

Mr. Pliny E. Zerbi, Jr.

Corporations, Foundations, Organizations, Trust Funds

Cafferty Commercial Real Estate Services

The Ceiling & Floor Shop, Inc.

Chevron Humankind

Fork Union Community Market

Google

JTC Assets, L.L.C.

J Pell & Associates

Little Mechanical Services, Inc.

PNC

Property Investment Advisors

Roanoke College Boys Basketball Camp

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

Tar Heel Sertoma Club

Trusted Advisory Group

Friends

Mr. Conrad Aasen

Mr. & Mrs. Matt Accamando

Angel’s Scripture Art

Mr. William Aylestock

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Bates

Mrs. Nancy Bates

Mr. & Mrs. Tate Bowers

Mr. Robert E. Burgess, Jr.

Mrs. Nancy Burkhart

Mrs. Faith C. Callis

Mrs. Doris White Carpenter

Mr. N. E. Carpenter

Mr. Mike Cubbage

Ms. Andrea C. Cumbo

Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Daniel

Mr. & Mrs. Dick Faix

Mr. & Mrs. James Fritz

Mr. Marilyn Herold

Mr. William H. Herrnstein, III

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Holzbach

Maj. Gen. & Mrs. Wayne Jefferson, USAF, Ret.

Mrs. Virginia Kanoy

Rev. Lloyd & Ginger Long

Georgeanna M. Lyne

Mr. C. Stiles Markey

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Markwalter

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Marley

Marlene Maze

Ms. Jan Y. Meriwether

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Mullen

Rev. & Mrs. H. Ed Nicholson, Jr.

Col. & Mrs. Danny Parnell

Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Pendergrass

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Pendergrass

Mr. Bruce Robert Pulliam

Mr. Janice & Keith Purvis

Mrs. Becky Raisner

Mr. James A. Robertson, Jr.

Dr. Victoria B. Saunders

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Spence

Lt Col. Robert K. Spencer, Ret.

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Stanley

Nell & Hunter Thompson

Ms. Judith Watson Tidd

Mr. Ronald N. Walters

Mr. Paul Wisman

Mr. Lester R. Woodrum

Ms. Karen Yankosky

Parents, Past Parents, Grandparents

Mr. John Alexander

Col. Arthur W. Bailey, USA, Ret.

Mr. & Mrs. Billy Belcher

Dr. & Mrs. Erick Bergquist

Dr. ShaRonda Berrocal

Mr. & Mrs. John Billingsley

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Boyce

Dr. & Mrs. Asher Brand

Mr. Richard Brewer

Mr. & Mrs. Michael John Buehler

Yang Xiao Chuan

Mr. & Mrs. James Comas

Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Corrie

Mr. & Mrs. Carter Crafford

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Dalton, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Davis

Dr. Becky Domokos-Bays

Mrs. Patricia Clark Duncan

Mr. Richard Dyer

Mr. Dean Edell

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fafaul

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Faught, Jr.

Cathy & Locke Floyd

Mr. & Mrs. Les Garrison

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Geary

Mr. & Mrs. David P. Gudeman

Ms. Anne-Marie Guerrier

Ms. Melinda Gumprecht

Ms. Cynthia Harr

Mr. & Mrs. David Ilori

Mr. Kenneth Jackson

Mr. & Mrs. David Jelinek

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Talmage W. Johnson

Ms. Kathleen Kauffman

Mr. James Kaufman

Mr. & Mrs. Robin L. Keesee

Mr. David Lenox

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Lindsay

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Lomax

Mr. & Mrs. Emilio Lormil

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Jackson Lynch

Ms. Carla Martin

Mr. & Mrs. Isaiah McCloskey

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Mott

Mr. Ronald Nix

Mr. Edward Olsen

Mr. John Palumbo

Ms. Susana Pang

CDR & Mrs. K. H. Parcell

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pasztor

Mr. David R. Patrick

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Payton

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Perkins

Mr. David Posner

Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Rix

Mrs. Sally Marona Roever-Work

Mr. & Mrs. John Spruill

Mr. & Mrs. Rob Squatriglia

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Stokely

Ms. Kimberly Stone

Mr. Parker C. Thompson

Ms. Lillian C. Turner

Mr. Andrew Wallace

Mr. & Mrs. T. Kevin Walsh

Ms. Laura M. Watson

Mr. & Mrs. Ken Wernick

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wessel

Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Westmoreland

Mr. D. Derek Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Tym Wilson

Mr. & Mrs. Salem Yosief

Staff & Faculty

Mrs. Lynn Armstrong

Chaplin & Mrs. James Benson

CMSgt. Catherine Garcia

Maj. Rick Hunter

Ms. Tracy Kilpatrick

Mrs. Elizabeth Liles

LTC & Mrs. Christopher Nothnagle

Mrs. Juanita Scott

CMSgt. Glenn Sidwell

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Simmons

Ms. Ginger Welch

Trustees

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bronson

Col. & Mrs. R. L. Pulliam

Honor Roll ($1 to $99)

Alumni

Mr. Daniel Lee Aiken

Mr. James W. Allen, III

Mr. Todd Allen

Mr. Edward A. Almand

Mr. S. R. Anderson

Mr. Brandon Harris Arthur

Mr. Rudy K. Avadikian

Mr. Roy M. Aycock, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Baker

Mr. Paul Mabry Boatwright

Mr. G. Thomas Bondurant

Mr. & Mrs. James Franklin Braxton

Mr. Doug C. Britt

Mr. Harry Luck Brittain

Mr. Benjamin Brooks

Mr. Robert K. Brown, Jr.

Mr. Thomas McClaren Brown

Mr. Wayne S. Brown

Mr. Kevin Buffman

Mr. Turner F. Caldwell

Mr. Robert S. Carneal

Mr. James Norman Carnes

Mr. Carsten Curtis Christensen

Mr. Keith Christensen

Mr. Nathan F. Coker, Jr.

Mr. Kenneth P. Colmer

Mr. Todd John Convery

Mr. Bruce Edward Cox

Mr. Carl D. Crist, Jr.

Mr. Hundnall R. Croasdale, Sr.

Mr. John S. Cromlish

Mr. & Mrs. John P. Cutting, Jr.

Mr. Woodrow Wilson Davis

Mr. John S. Deakin

Mr. Thomas P. Deaton

Mr. Russell A. Dedder

Mr. W. Beale Delano, Jr.

Mr. Roger F. Dickinson

Mr. Norman L. Dobyns

Rev. George H. Donigian

Mr. Thaxter E. Douglas

Mr. Mark Dufendach

Mr. William Bryan Dunn

Mr. Scott M. Edwards

Mr. William E. Eidson

Mr. Frank Fearn Ellis, III

Mr. Franklin Ward Fairfax, Jr.

LTC A. Duane Fender, Jr

Mr. Henry Delawar Flood, IV

Mr. Sean Thomas Floyd

Mr. Norman D. Frank

Mr. Stanley Maynard Franklin

Mr. William G. Frederick

Mr. H. Mike Gallagher, III

Mr. Michael S. Garrison

Mr. David A. George

Mr. Oscar L. Gilbert, III

Mr. John B. Gillam, III

Mr. David W. Glass

Mr. William P. Gordon, Sr.

Mr. Geoffrey Hamilton Gowin

Col. Joseph T. Griffin, Jr.

Mr. William Edward Griffin

Mr. Harold G. Hall

Mr. Grayson A. Harding

Mr. Christopher Columbus Harman

Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Oswald Harris, III

Mr. John F. Hartman

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Hartman

Mr. & Mrs. David Haverstick

Mr. Hilton R. Heflin

Mr. John H. Higgins, III

Mr. Clayton J. Holmes

Lt Col. Patrick Robert Hughes

Mr. Jeremy S. Hutcherson

Mr. Tony B. Jobe

Rev. Bruce Johnson

Mr. Warren E. Johnson

Mr. Waverly Johnson

Mr. Charles Alfred Jones

Mr. Bill Jordan

CPT John W. Justice

Mr. & Mrs. Robert William Kerns

Mr. William C. Kidd, Jr.

Mr. Ted Kilyk

Mr. Jefferson C. Kincaid

Mr. & Mrs. Kent A. Kirwan

Mr. Thomas W. Knott, Jr.

Mr. Harry Edward Lilly

Mr. Nicholas Christopher Lipresti

Mr. Michael Stennis Little

Mr. Kerby Javon Long

Mr. Gaspar E. Lopez

Mr. Ronald B. MacVittie

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Mahaney

Mr. Avery Martin

Mr. Michael Meredith Martin

Mr. Marvin B. May

Mr. Thomas Maze

Mr. Henry Drewry McCoy

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Wayne McCullen

Mr. George A. McDaniel

Mr. Tim McGuire

Mr. Herman Neil McHorney

Mr. Dennis Melfa

Mr. Eric R. Mendelson

Mr. Clinton T. Messner

Mr. Edward Chester Meyer

Mr. Jack A. Miller

Mr. William H. Miller

Mr. William Granville Minor

Mr. J. Ronald Molesworth

Mr. & Mrs. Withers W. Moncure, Sr.

Mr. Matthew Allen Morrison

Mr. William M. Young

Mr. Charles G. Mullen, Jr.

Mr. Todd Robertson Newsome

Mr. William H. Nuckols, Jr.

Mr. Donald Sherman Oakes

Mr. Conor Martin O’Hara

Mr. Patrick Joseph O’Hara

Mr. Rodney M. Paden

Mr. Bryan Douglas Payton

Mr. James Marcellus Pelham

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Pendzik

Mr. Jerry Pierpont

Mr. Jimmie H. Pleasants

Mr. J. Gene Raymond

Mr. A. P. Renaldi

Mr. Wade H. Ridgway

Mr. D. Stanley Rockey

Mr. William Kenneth Rogge

Mr. & Mrs. James D. Rose

Mr. Matthew D. Rowell

Mr. Clayton Morgan Sadler

Mr. Robert A. Sarofeen

Mr. David Rudolph Schaper

Mr. Jeremy Schroers

Mr. Jerome Earl Sears

Mr. H. Randolph Sharpe

Mr. Joseph W. Shaw

Mr. George H. Siebert, Jr.

Mr. Fred H. Sigmon, Jr.

Lt. Col. George T. Smith

Mr. Howard Lee Smith

Mr. Ellett G. Snead

Mr. David Anthony Sposato

Mr. John H. Stone

Mr. Gary G. Stoudt

Matthew A. Talbert

Mr. Winfield Tandy

Mr. Donald Paul Taylor

Lt Col. Ky Lyle Thompson, Ret.

Mr. Andrew Charles Tiches

Mr. Eugene Arthur Todd

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Tournay

Mr. John Franklin Townsend, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. G. Earl Trevathan, Jr.

Mr. Turner B. Turnbull, IV

Mr. Lowell Vaught

Lt Col. Erwin R. Waibel, Ret.

Mr. Ronald Patrick Walker

Mr. John Wallace

Mr. James Bryson Walsh

Mr. Don W. Ward

Mr. Jonathan Charles Waters

Mr. William C. Waters

Mr. & Mrs. Alexander D. Watson

Mr. Frank E. Wawner, Jr.

Mr. James Fredrick Williams

Mr. Perry Williams

Mr. Richard Williams

Mr. Leonard Cole Woodall

Mr. Aaron Reuben Woods

Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Wroldsen

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Wylie, Jr.

Mr. William Paul Yelsh

Mr. Robert Joseph Yencho

Mr. & Mrs. John Hetrick Yost

Corporations, Foundations, Organizations, Trust Funds

Carey Fountain

Exxon Mobil Foundation

Greenlawn Memorial Gardens

Marcellus Wright Cox Architects, P.C.

Scrimmage Play

Friend

Mr. & Mrs. Don Davis & Betsy Adams

Mr. Jon Lloyd Austin

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Barber

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Baronian

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bauce

Mrs. Ramona Bernard

Ms. Mary Conner Bland

Mr. Bernard Brady

Ms. Juanita Brandt

Mr. & Mrs. George Bridger

Susan & Kirkland Brown

Mr. & Mrs. David Carneal

Mr. & Mrs. James Causey

Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Collins

Ms. Mary B. Cormier

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Courain

David & Cochran Culley

Ms. Kathy Denton

Mr. Andrew P. Farquhar

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Mr. Kevin P. Tully

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Mrs. Virginia Veracka

Mrs. Patricia M. Walton

Mrs. Helen I. Ward

Dr. Paul F. White, MD

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Mr. & Mrs. John Wilkinson

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Wombwell

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Woods

Parents, Past Parents, Grandparents

Mr. Frank S. Alexander

Kris & Libbie Anderson

Mr. Robert E. Armbrust

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Arnold

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Baliem

Maxine Barnes

Mr. Harold Birckhead

Ms. Joan M. Bliss

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Bosserman

Mr. Jim Branch

Mr. Roy L. Brewer, Jr.

Mr. Steven Carmine

Mr. O’Neil Combs

Mr. & Mrs. Terry Costello

Mr. Wesley Devine

Mr. D. Dickerson

Jane DeSimone Dittmar

Mr. & Mrs. William Driskill

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Duffus

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Edwards

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Fraser

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Fulton

Mr. Frank Geiger

Mrs. Wilma Anne Marie Gilbert

Mr. Caroline S. Grossmann

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Grunau

Mr. Pete Guerci

Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Haas

Mr. & Mrs. Erick Hackenberg

Ms. Sally Halfpap

Mrs. Grace Hart

Mr. Thomas Andrew Hatfield

Ms. Christina Hedrick

Mr. & Mrs. David Henderson

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Higgins

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Hopewell

Terry L. James

Mr. & Mrs. William Jayne

Ms. Laurie Jensen

Mrs. Heidi Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. David Kephart

Mr. Brett Patrick Lee

Mr. George Leidig

Mr. Edna B. Lewis

Mr. & Mrs. Craig Lowrance

Mr. Howard Lucas

Mr. & Mrs. John Marks, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Marshall

Mr. & Mrs. Phil McVey

Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. McWeeny

Mrs. Vicki Meadows

Ms. Victoria Mentor

Ms. Susan Morris

Ms. Barbara Mostiler

Mr. Carl Neal

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald O’Connor

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Richard Partlow

Ms. Jennifer Payne

Mrs. Carla Ramdat

Mrs. Laura Raymond

Mr. & Mrs. Jim M. Regn

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Lee Rhodes

Ms. Robyn Ritter

Mr. John Salentine

Mr. William Shelly

Mr. & Mrs. William Shewalter

Mr. & Mrs. Adam Siegel

Mr. Janice Louise Slife

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Smith

Cpl. Stanley Sobiech

Mr. Jay Stroup

Mr. Edward R. Thomas, IV

Ms. Theresa Veltrie

Mr. Antonio Waters

Mrs. Lisa Weinstein

Mr. Robert Woodward

Mr. Anthone Wright

Mr. Dane Yonce

Staff & Faculty

Col. Fletcher Arritt, Jr.

1SG Eugene Brice

Maj. Winston S. Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Delman

Ms. Robbin Dodson

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Todd Giszack

CPT Jonathan Greenspon

CPT. & Mrs. Scott Krogh

Mrs. Lisa Lamb

CPT Sam Maverick

Mr. & Mrs. Larry McIlnay

CW3 Bruce A. Patterson

Mrs. Kim Shaver

Major Rotche Strickland

LTC Alvin Williamson

CPT. Matt Winseman